Use of bone wax as a template for intraoperative evaluation of facial defects and shaping of polyethylene implants

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1247-1253

  Mavili, Emin ^a,b   Akyürek, Mustafa ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE WAX; POLYETHYLENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PALMITATES; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WAXES;

EID: 0342275238     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199710000-00027     Document Type: Article

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