Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene threads for lip augmentation induce foreign body granulomatous reaction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1277-1279

  Hubmer, Martin G ^a   Hoffmann, Christine ^b   Popper, Helmut ^b   Scharnagl, Erwin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GRANULOMATOSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIP RECONSTRUCTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033015713     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199904010-00029     Document Type: Article

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