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Chapter 6
Patient two: This 45-year old male underwent a craniotomy because of a left frontal ossifying meningioma. He had obstructive sleep apnea in his medical history. After six weeks, the autologous bone was removed due to infection and an antibiotic treatment was started. Sixteen months later, when the patient was medically and neurologically stable, the cranial reconstruction was planned. Since bone resorption was observed on the CT-scan a resection template was used to create a clear outline of the defect (Figure 3). The PSI of PEEK was inserted immediately without intra-operative adjustments to the PSI.
Figure 3: Axial slice of the CT-scan of the skull contour without patient specific implant
RESULTS
Patient three: This 40-year old female, without co-morbidities, was diagnosed with a left frontal ossifying meningioma and was scheduled for one-stage resection and reconstruction with a PEEK PSI. The actual procedure is described in detail on the next page:
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