Liquid injectable silicone: Is there a role as a cosmetic soft-tissue filler?

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1239-1241

  Rohrich, Rod J ^a,b   Potter, Jason K ^a,b  

^a Univ Texas Southwestern Med Ctr ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; COLLAGEN; DIMETICONE; SILICONE; SILASTIC;

DEVICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FACE DEFORMITY; FACE SURGERY; GRANULOMA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INJECTION; LONG TERM CARE; POLYMERIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REJUVENATION; SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISCOSITY; WRINKLE; ARTICLE; PLASTIC SURGERY;

HUMANS; INJECTIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SILICONE ELASTOMERS;

EID: 2342508513     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000118022.71802.78     Document Type: Short Survey

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