Injectable poly-L-lactic acid (Sculptra): Technical considerations in soft-tissue contouring

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Lam, Samuel M ^a   Azizzadeh, Babak ^a   Graivier, Miles ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYLACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHRONOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSENSUS; DERMIS; DILUTION; EXPERIENCE; FACE; INJECTION; MASSAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELLULOSE; CHEEK; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; FACE; FEMALE; FREEZE DRYING; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HIV-ASSOCIATED LIPODYSTROPHY SYNDROME; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MANNITOL; MASSAGE; MICROSPHERES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYMERS; REJUVENATION; SKIN AGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748273514     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000234612.20611.5a     Document Type: Article

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