The use of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (Gore-Tex) in rhinoplasty

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 345-348

  Inanli, Selcuk ^a   Sari, Murat ^a   Baylancicek, Serdar ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gore Tex; Nasal dorsal augmentation; Polytetrafluoroethylene

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TISSUE REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL SEPTUM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 34447300465     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-007-0037-z     Document Type: Review

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