Customized Cranioplasty Implants Using Three-Dimensional Printers and Polymethyl-Methacrylate Casting
A 49-year-old man underwent a bilateral decompressive craniectomy due to traumatic brain swelling. A cranioplasty was performed three months later. By using pre- and postcraniectomy CT data, we applied the merge technique to obtain the precraniectomy cranial contour. A PMMA implant was created intraoperatively with the mold. The postoperative 3D CT images showed good restoration of the cranial deformity ().