The treatment of bone defects remains a challenging clinical problem with high
reintervention rates, morbidity, and resulting significant healthcare costs. Surgical …

Craniofacial deformities (CFDs) develop following oncological resection, trauma, or
congenital disorders. Trauma is one of the top five causes of death globally, with rates …

OBJECTIVE Cranioplasty implants should be widely available, low in cost, and customized
or easy to mold during surgery. Although autologous bone remains the first choice for repair …

This review examines how lessons learned from United States military conflicts, beginning
with the United States Civil War through the engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan, have …

A novel strategy to improve the success of soft and hard tissue integration of titanium
implants is the use of nanoparticles coatings made from basically any type of biocompatible …

OBJECTIVE Decompressive craniectomy is used for uncontrolled intracranial pressure in
traumatic brain injury and malignant hemispheric stroke. Subcutaneous preservation of the …

Over the last century, significant milestones have been achieved in managing critical illness
and diagnosing and treating neurological diseases. Building upon these milestones, the …

Reconstruction of cranial defect is commonly performed in neurosurgical operations. Many
materials have been employed for repairing cranial defects. In this paper, materials used for …

Cranial reconstruction, cranioplasty, is conducted to repair skull defects caused by
craniectomy following traumatic brain injury, stroke, or postoperative infection …

BACKGROUND Approximately 4.5% of surgical procedures performed at Role 2
(R2)(forward surgical) and Role 3 (R3)(theater) medical treatment facilities can be classified …