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Current treatments of craniosynostosis rely on the application of metal springs for cranial bone deviation. However, those metal springs demand a second surgical procedure for their removal. An attractive alternative would be the substitution of metal for bioresorbable polymers in the composition of...

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Main Authors: Jung Ho Kim, Douglas Ramos Marques, Gustavo Juliani Faller, Marcus Vinícius Collares, Rubens Rodriguez, Luis Alberto dos Santos, Diego da Silva Dias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Polímeros 2014-10-01
Series:Polímeros
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-14282014000500002&lng=en&tlng=en