Complications from injectable polyacrylamide gel, a new nonbiodegradable soft tissue filler

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 12 II, 2004, Pages 1507-1509

  Amin, Snehal P ^a   Marmur, Ellen S ^a   Goldberg, David J ^a,b  

^a Skin Laser and Surgery Specialists of NY/NJ   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AQUAMID; BIOMATERIAL; FILLER; POLYACRYLAMIDE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; STEROID;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; ECCHYMOSIS; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FACE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; INFLAMMATION; PAIN; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKIN NODULE; SOFT TISSUE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ZYGOMA;

EID: 11144237885     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042728-200412020-00001     Document Type: Review

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