Gore-tex® augmentation grafting in rhinoplasty - Is it safe?

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 337-341

  Mendelsohn, Martyn ^a,b,c   Dunlop, Gillian ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Hunters Hill Private Hospital   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gore tex ; Guidelines; Nasal augmentation; Polytetrafluoroethylene; Rhinoplasty; Soft tissue patch

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXUDATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE DISEASE; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SCAR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CICATRIX; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE DISEASES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINOPLASTY; SAFETY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032217190     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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