PEEK Cranial Implant – Example 40

PEEK skull implants are biocompatible, stable, and have low rejection, and do not affect CT or MRI medical imaging after surgery.

 

Inside Peek Skull Implants: Reshaping the skull

Features of Peek Cranial Implants:

Biocompatible:

PEEK material has good compatibility with human tissues, and can effectively reduce the inflammatory response and rejection caused by implants. The human skull is spherical, and after PEEK material is installed, it can be smooth along the skull defect area, and the edge is not buckled on the edge of the defect, which is beautiful in appearance, and the patient cannot feel the bulge and depression through the scalp. At the same time, it has been found that its rejection is low, and postoperative rejection and exposed repair materials rarely occur.

Stable mechanical properties:

PEEK material has high strength and stiffness, which can effectively protect brain tissue and reduce the impact of external forces on the brain. It has good mechanical properties, and is even stronger than the skull, providing stable protection for the brain.

Good plasticity:

It can be customized according to the shape of the patient's skull, and it fits precisely to the defect area for better repair results. Good formability and processability ensure a perfect fit in the repaired area, which can be customized regardless of the patient's specific situation.

Fewer complications:

The incidence of complications such as bleeding, infection, etc. is low. Compared with traditional cranial repair materials, PEEK materials are used for cranial repair with fewer complications, high effective rate, low rejection reaction, and do not affect future medical images, such as CT or MRI, after surgery.

Does not affect medical imaging:

PEEK materials are not easily conductive, magnetized, and imaging, which can effectively reduce the factors that affect medical imaging and diagnosis. The radiation can be transmitted without metal artifacts, which facilitates subsequent medical examinations.

Clinical application of PEEK cranial implants

The 48-year-old patient was treated at the hospital for a severe head injury and recovered well, but the skull defect affected the appearance and predisposed to secondary symptoms. The hospital team used 3D printing technology to select PEEK materials for skull repair, and customized personalized PEEK bone plates according to the patient's missing skull morphology before surgery. During the procedure, the surgeon inserts the bone plate precisely into the defect and fixes it. After 10 days, the patient was discharged with stitches removed, and a repeat head CT showed that the repair material was fully mated to the skull.

Advantages of 3D printed PEEK cranial implants

Restore the appearance integrity of the skull and effectively protect the fragile brain tissue: PEEK materials can achieve personalized, embedded skull repair through precise 3D reconstruction and 3D printing technology, which can not only restore the integrity of the patient's appearance, but also effectively protect the fragile brain tissue.

Personalized customization, highly restored skull appearance: PEEK material can be customized according to the shape of the patient's skull, accurately fits the defective area, uses advanced 3D printing technology to replicate the patient's defective skull, closely connects with the surrounding bone window, highly restores the appearance of the skull, and customizes personalized cranial implants for patients through CT reconstruction and 3D printing technology.

Combined with the concept of cosmetic plastic surgery, beautiful appearance, perfect function and complete structure: the neurosurgery team of trauma cerebrovascular disease of China Aviation General Hospital of China Medical University not only uses PEEK material in skull repair surgery, but also optimizes the design of the material, introduces the concept of aesthetic plastic surgery, and forms a unique PEEK skull repair and plastic surgery. For example, in the case of a little girl who was in a car accident, after PEEK skull repair and plastic surgery, the head was rounded and full, and the effect was ideal. At the same time, the material also has advantages in children's skull repair, which can meet the characteristics of children's skull growth and development, and achieve perfect anatomical reconstruction.