Facial skeletal reconstruction using porous polyethylene implants

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1818-1827

  Yaremchuk, Michael J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE; TITANIUM; BIOMATERIAL; MEDPOR; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BONE SCREW; CHIN; FACE DEFORMITY; FACE INJURY; FACE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MORBIDITY; ORBIT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGOMA; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVICE REMOVAL; FACIAL BONE; IMPLANTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; DEVICE REMOVAL; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0038753900     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000056866.80665.7A     Document Type: Review

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