Restoring the failed cranioplasty: nonanatomical titanium mesh with perforator flap.

Plast Reconstr Surg

Baltimore, Md. From the Division of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Maxillofacial Surgery, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Published: June 2009

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