Use of polyethylene terephthalate and expanded-polytetrafluoroethylene in medialization laryngoplasty

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 294-297

  Keskin, Gürkan ^a,c   Boyaci, Zerrin ^a   Ustundag, Emre ^a   Kaur, Ahmet ^b   Almaç, Ahmet ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b E Sitopatoloji Cytology and Pathology Center   (Turkey)

^c Mufit Saner C Ozgunkent S   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Larynx; Polyethylene; Polytetrafluoroethylene; Surgical Procedures, Operative

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL INFILTRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBER; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GIANT CELL; HISTIOCYTE; HOST; IMPLANT; LARYNGOPLASTY; LARYNX; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE REACTION;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX; LARYNX, ARTIFICIAL; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; RABBITS;

EID: 0037393949     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/00222150360600904     Document Type: Article

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