Evaluation and management of exposed high-density porous polyethylene implants: An experimental study

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1129-1136

  Uysal, Afşin ^a,b   Kayiran, Oǧuz ^a   Karaaslan, Önder ^a   Ulusoy, Mustafa Gürhan ^a   Koçer, Uǧur ^a   Atalay, Fatma Öz ^a   Üstün, Hüseyin ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Pathology Department ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Exposition; Implant; Polyethylene; Porous

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FACE SURGERY; IMPLANT; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE GROWTH; WOUND CLOSURE;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 33845579096     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.scs.0000244913.75102.12     Document Type: Article

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