CLINICAL EXPERIENCE IN CRANIOPLASTY WITH POROUS POLYETHYLENE IMPLANT

Serdar KAHRAMAN; Hakan KAYALI; Sait ŞİRİN; Ali KAFADAR; Murat AKBORU; Erdener TİMURKAYNAK

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Turkish Neurosurgery 2003 , Vol 13 , Num 3-4

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CLINICAL EXPERIENCE IN CRANIOPLASTY WITH POROUS POLYETHYLENE IMPLANT

Serdar KAHRAMAN¹, Hakan KAYALI¹, Sait ŞİRİN¹, Ali KAFADAR², Murat AKBORU², Erdener TİMURKAYNAK¹

¹Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, CUlhane Military Medical Academy, Etlik, Ankara, Turkey
²Department of Neurourgery, Air Force Hospital, Etimesgut, Ankara, Turkey Objective: Cranial defects and their optimum reconstructions have been a deal in neurosurgical practice. In the recent time, we used porous polyethylene implants for cranioplasty to provide better cosmetic, surgical and long-term safety results.

Material and method: Porous polyethylene implants (Medpor", PorexMedical, Atlanta, GA) were used in 36 patients with different localization and size of cranial defects.

Result: Using porous polyethylene has shortened the operation time and led no complication except one late infection due to skin trauma.

Conclusion: Porous polyethylene has many advantages in restoring all cranial defects with low morbidity. Keywords : Alloplastic material, cranioplasty, porous polyethylene

Corresponding author : Serdar Kahraman