Synthetic Facial Implants

Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Quatela, Vito C ^a   Chow, Jen ^a  

^a Quatela Center for Plastic Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; DIMETICONE; HYDROXYAPATITE; MERSILENE; METAL; ORGANOSILICON DERIVATIVE; POLITEF; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; POLYALKYLIMIDE; POLYAMIDE; POLYESTER; POLYETHYLENE; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER; SILICONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITALLIUM;

AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; FACE SURGERY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; PLASTIC SURGERY; REVIEW; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

ACRYLIC RESINS; COLLAGEN; DURAPATITE; FACE; GELS; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMERS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 36549063400     PISSN: 10647406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsc.2007.09.002     Document Type: Review

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