Cadaveric and engineering analysis of the septal L-strut

Laryngoscope

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1902-1906

  Mau, Ted ^a   Mau, Sheng Taur ^b   Kim, David W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Division of Facial Plastic Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Bony cartilaginous junction; L strut; finite element modeling; Nasal septum; Rhinoplasty; Septoplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CADAVER; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NOSE SEPTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; NASAL SEPTUM; RHINOPLASTY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 35848943251     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e3181255ec4     Document Type: Article

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