In-Hospital Design and Manufacturing of Polyetheretherketone Peek Cranial Implants

Introduction: The artificial replacement of the cranial vault, known as cranioplasty, is a necessary surgical procedure following the prior partial removal of the skull to alleviate intracranial pressure resulting from conditions such as brain swelling after stroke, intracranial hemorrhage, neoplasms, or severe traumatic brain injury. The most common technique for cranioplasty has been the autologous bone flap reimplantation.