Using titanium plate or meshplate for chest wall reconstruction: Report of 6 cases and literature review

Artificial Organs

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1295-1298

  Luh, Shi Ping ^a   Lee, Yung Chie ^b   Lee, Jang Ming ^a   Lee, Chun Jean ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Reconstruction; Titanium plate

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; PROSTHETICS;

CHEST WALL; CHONDROSARCOMA; CRANIOFACIAL RECONSTRUCTION; HAEMANGIOMA; LIGHT WEIGHT; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MECHANICAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROSTHESIS; RECONSTRUCTION; SURGICAL FIELD;

TUMORS;

TITANIUM;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX WALL RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0029907711     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1996.tb00678.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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