Lauritzen C, Kocabalkan O, Sugawara Y, Sahlin P, Olsson R
Department of Plastic Surgery, Goteborg University, Sweden.
J Craniofac Surg. 1998 Sep;9(5):459-63. doi: 10.1097/00001665-199809000-00015.
Reconstruction of calvarium after tumor resection may present several technical difficulties. The authors reused the resected calvarial bone in four patients after submitting the bone to a lethal dose of gamma radiation. The authors conclude that resected, irradiated, tumorous bone can be reused for the reconstruction of its own defect. This provides a simple method of reconstruction. Partial bone resorption should be anticipated but further reconstruction, if needed, will be facilitated.
