Complications of static facial suspensions with expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE)

Laryngoscope

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2114-2121

  Constantinides, Minas ^a   Galli, Suzanne K Doud ^a   Miller, Philip J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloplast; ePTFE; Extrusion; Facial nerve; Gore tex; Infection; Paralysis; Polytetrafluoroethylene; Postoperative complications; S.A.M.; Static sling

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0035205781     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200112000-00006     Document Type: Article

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