Bone Flap Fixation
Practising different bone flap fixation methods using the Neurosurgical Simulator-Rowena
Having cut a variety of bone flaps various different methods of fixation can be utilised.
These include;
- Simple sutures through holes drilled with a ‘wire-passing’ bit or matchstick head on the high speed drill
- ‘Dog-bone’ plates and self tapping screws
- ‘Spin-down’ craniotomy fixation devices
- A wide variety of other plates, screws and meshes.



See *NOTE on TECHNIQUES page