Clinical application of different materials for cranioplasty / 中国组织工程研究

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:To compare the clinical effect of different materials for cranioplasty. METHODS:The incidence rate of complication and the degree of moulding satisfaction of patients with skull defect which were repaired using net-added silica gel,auto-cranial bone,three-dimensional Ti frame and digital three-dimensional reconstructed Ti frame were retrospectively analyzed in the Department of Neurosurgery of Xixiang People's Hospital from January 2000 to December 2007. RESULTS:The incidence rate of complication and the degree of moulding satisfaction were 50% and 27.8% in the net-added silica gel group,12.1% and 90.9% in the auto-cranial bone group,27.3% and 45.5% in the three-dimensional Ti frame group,5.6% and 100% in the digital three-dimensional reconstructed Ti frame group,respectively. The incidence rate of complication in the digital three-dimensional reconstructed Ti frame and auto-cranial bone groups was significantly lower than other two groups,while the degree of moulding satisfaction was also significantly different from other two groups (P