Clinical Outcomes of 3D-Printed Bioresorbable Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering—A Pilot Study on 126 Patients for Burrhole Covers in Subdural Hematoma

• Published in: Biomedicines Vol. 10; no. 11; p. 2702
• Main Authors: Toh, Emma M. S, Thenpandiyan, Ashiley A, Foo, Aaron S. C, Zhang, John J. Y, Lim, Mervyn J. R, Goh, Chun Peng, Dinesh, Nivedh, Vedicherla, Srujana V, Yang, Ming, Teo, Kejia, Yeo, Tseng Tsai, Nga, Vincent D. W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 26.10.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: 3D printing; Anticoagulants; Biological products; Biomedical materials; bioresorbable; Blood; Brain; burrhole cover; Catheters; chronic subdural hemorrhage; Clinical outcomes; cosmetic outcomes; Design; Dura mater; FDA approval; Hematoma; Medical imaging; Medical records; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Meninges; Neurosurgery; Patients; Polycaprolactone; Properties; Quality of life; Review boards; Scalp; Skin; Tissue engineering; Transplants & implants; Singapore

Burrhole craniostomy is commonly performed for subdural hematoma (SDH) evacuation, but residual scalp depressions are often cosmetically suboptimal for patients. OsteoplugTM, a bioresorbable polycaprolactone burrhole cover, was introduced by the National University Hospital, Singapore, in 2006 to co...