Soft-tissue augmentation and the role of poly-L-lactic acid

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Vleggaar, Danny ^a,b  

^a Skin Institute of New Orleans   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYAPATITE; POLYLACTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; EXPERIENCE; FACE; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HUMAN; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REJUVENATION; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; THERAPY EFFECT; TISSUE REPAIR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CICATRIX; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; FACE; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HAND; HEMATOMA; HIV-ASSOCIATED LIPODYSTROPHY SYNDROME; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYMERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REJUVENATION; SKIN AGING; THORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748261836     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000234846.00139.74     Document Type: Article

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