A multicenter evaluation of the safety of Gore-Tex as an implant in Asian rhinoplasty

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 615-619

  Jin, Hong Ryul ^b   Lee, Joo Yeon ^a   Yeon, Je Yeob ^a   Rhee, Chae Seo ^c  

^a Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POLITEF;

ADULT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE REMOVAL; ESTHETICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOSE MALFORMATION; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; PATIENT SAFETY; POLITEF IMPLANT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROMA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; NOSE DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845699875     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2006.20.2948     Document Type: Article

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