Clinical and histologic behavior of exposed porous high-density polyethylene implants

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-50

  Sclafani, Anthony P ^a   Romo III, Thomas ^b   Silver, Lester ^b  

^a NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ESTHETICS; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; IMPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SILICONES;

EID: 0031022807     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199701000-00007     Document Type: Article

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