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Dacron-Urethane Composite for Reconstructive Surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Donald Leake
Donald Leake*
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1000 W. Carson Street, Torrance, CA 90509
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Abstract

A composite biocompatible material made of polyethyleneterephalate (Dacron) and polyetherurethane was fabricated as an aid to bone grafting for the reconstruction of large bony defects of the craniomaxillofacial regions. Bone graft material is placed within the confines of the Dacron-urethane implant and new bone forms to the shape imposed by the implant.

The principle application of this material has been for the reconstruction of defects of the neurocranium and of the mandible [1–5]. A number of other applications have been studied including reconstruction of long bone discontinuity defects [6], reconstruction of an infant's anterior chest wall [19], the prosthetic replacement of large defects of the cervical trachea [7] and as a potential material for a thrombo-resistant small diameter vascular prosthesis [8].

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 394: Symposium Z – Polymers in Medicine and Pharmacy , 1995, 3
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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