CRANIOFACIAL IMPLANTS FOR NEUROPLASTIC SURGERY

摘要

Craniofacial implants for neuroplastic surgery structured for filling cranial bone voids in the skull designed, shaped and manufactured to address problems including cranioplasty failure, soft tissue thinning above the implant, overlying scalp atrophy leading to contour irregularities and/or scalp breakdown with exposure/infection, ineffective pre-fabricated shapes with sharp corners requiring manually bending or cutting the implants for proper form/shape, and additional operative time and anesthesia morbidity, and a need to spend time hand-trimming prong edges along the perimeter to ensure an absence of sharp edges and/or corners capable of injuring the scalp/soft tissue above, leading to chronic pain. The craniofacial implants for neuroplastic surgery are configured to have an improved shape absent corners, a smoother contour, a shape addressing co-existing soft tissue temporal deformity /atrophy, and/or a smoother, frictionless coating in order to prevent complications leading to suboptimal outcomes and implant removal by way of prior art implants.