Reconstruction of cranial bone defects using alloplastic implants produced from a stereolithographically-generated cranial model
Cheng, A.C.; Wee, A.G.
Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore 28(5): 692-696
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0304-4602 PMID: 10597355 Document Number: 499093
Larger cranial bone defects can cause cranial disfigurement as well as potential mechanical brain trauma. Conventionally pre-fabricated acrylic cranioplasty implants require complicated procedures and result in potential dimensional and contour inaccuracies. The development of stereolithographic techniques for generating acrylic resin skull models allows the pre-fabrication of custom acrylic resin cranial implants with greater clinical predictability.