Eppley B L, Sparks C, Herman E, Edwards M, McCarty M, Sadove A M
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Section, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis 46202.
J Craniofac Surg. 1993 Apr;4(2):67-73. doi: 10.1097/00001665-199304000-00003.
The imaging effects of high-density scatter from different metal compositions of plate and screw fixation systems were assessed in cadaveric craniomaxillofacial skeletons with computed tomographic scanning. Differences in image clarity of three-dimensional reconstructions were observed between titanium, stainless steel, and cobalt-chromium-molybdenum alloy onlay fixation systems, which were not significantly altered with or without an overlying soft-tissue density (facial drape). These differences were reduced in a plaster model, in which the plates were in an intrabony location.
