Porous polyethylene implants in revision rhinoplasty: Chances and risks

Rhinology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 325-331

  Stelter, Klaus ^a   Strieth, Sebastian ^a   Berghaus, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extrusion; Limitations; Nasal implants; Polyethylene; Porous; Rejection; Revision; Rhinoplasty; Rhinosurgery; Risks

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

HUMANS; POLYETHYLENE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINOPLASTY; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 36749045249     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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