Reanimation of the paralyzed face with new gold weight implants and Goretex soft-tissue patches

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 254, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Moser, G ^a   Oberascher, G ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Eyelid gold weights; Facial paralysis; Goretex soft tissue patch

Indexed keywords

GOLD; POLITEF;

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; UPPER EYELID; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESTHETICS; EYELID DISEASES; EYELIDS; FACIAL MUSCLES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GOLD ALLOYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0031057276     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02439729     Document Type: Conference Paper

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