Cross-linked hyaluronan for augmentation of the posterior pharyngeal wall: An experimental study in rats

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 197-201

  Hallén, Lars ^a   Dahlqvist, Åke ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Augmentation; Hyaluronan; Pharynx; Rat; Velopharyngeal incompetence

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; HYALURONIC ACID; HYLAN B;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; FOREIGN BODY; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PHARYNX; TISSUE REACTION; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CELLULOSE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEXAMETHONIUM COMPOUNDS; HYALURONIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; MALE; PHARYNX; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANTALUM; THROMBIN; TISSUE EXPANSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0036394628     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310260259842     Document Type: Article

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