Cranial bone defects: current and future strategies
- 1 December 2010
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG) in Neurosurgical Focus
- Vol. 29 (6), E8
- https://doi.org/10.3171/2010.9.focus10201
Abstract
Bony defects in the craniomaxillofacial skeleton remain a major and challenging health concern. Surgeons have been trying for centuries to restore functionality and aesthetic appearance using autografts, allografts, and even xenografts without entirely satisfactory results. As a result, physicians, scientists, and engineers have been trying for the past few decades to develop new techniques to improve bone growth and bone healing. In this review, the authors summarize the advantages and limitations of current animal models; describe current materials used as scaffolds, cell-based, and protein-based therapies; and lastly highlight areas for future investigation. The purpose of this review is to highlight the major scaffold-, cell-, and protein-based preclinical tools that are currently being developed to repair cranial defects.Keywords
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