This review is intended to give a state of the art description of scaffold-based strategies
utilized in Bone Tissue Engineering. Numerous scaffolds have been tested in the orthopedic …

Over the last few years, biopolymers have attracted great interest in tissue engineering and
regenerative medicine due to the great diversity of their chemical, mechanical, and physical …

Cranioplasty remains a difficult procedure for all craniofacial surgeons, particularly when
concerning the reconstruction of large lacunae in the skull. Considering the significant …

Custom implants for the reconstruction of craniofacial defects have gained importance due
to better performance over their generic counterparts. This is due to the precise adaptation to …

Additive manufacturing is a rising field in bone tissue engineering. Additive fabrication offers
reproducibility, high precision and rapid manufacture of custom patient-specific scaffolds …

Background Due to the lack of high-quality evidence which has hindered the development of
evidence-based guidelines, there is a need to provide general guidance on cranioplasty …

Cranioplasty (CP) after decompressive craniectomy (DC) for trauma is a neurosurgical
procedure that aims to restore esthesis, improve cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) dynamics, and …

INTRODUCTION: Neurosurgery and Maxillofacial Surgery Departments of Limoges
University Hospital Centre have developed a new concept of a custom made ceramic …

Cranial bone repair is one of the oldest neurosurgical practices. Reconstructing the natural
contours of the skull has challenged the ingenuity of surgeons from antiquity to the present …

Introduction. Cranial reconstruction with a cranioplasty is performed to repair skull defects
after decompressive craniectomies. Aims. To retrospectively review all cranioplasties …