An unusual complication of a medpor implant in nasal reconstruction: A case report

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 419-422

  Öztürk, Serdar ^a   Sengezer, Mustafa ^b   Coskun, Ünsal ^b   Zor, Fatih ^b  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Complication; Imaging; Medpor; Nasal reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; NOSE MALFORMATION; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; MALE; NOSE INJURY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES;

BIOMATERIAL; MEDPOR; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HUMANS; MALE; NOSE DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RHINOPLASTY;

EID: 0038689419     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-002-2057-z     Document Type: Article

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