Alloplastic materials in rhinoplasty

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 270-277

  Berghaus, Alexander ^a,b   Stelter, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alloplasty; Implant; Nasal reconstruction; Rhinoplasty; Saddle nose

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MERSILENE; OXIDIZED REGENERATED CELLULOSE; POLITEF; POLYETHYLENE; PROPLAST;

ABSORPTION; ALLOGRAFT; AUTOGRAFT; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FASCIA; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GRAFT REJECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; NOSE MALFORMATION; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PLASTICITY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POROSITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RIB CARTILAGE; SCAR FORMATION; SILICONE PROSTHESIS;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CARTILAGE; COLLAGEN; HUMANS; NASAL SEPTUM; NOSE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROPLAST; RHINOPLASTY; SILICONES; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 33746502548     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.moo.0000233599.14671.4a     Document Type: Review

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