Aesthetic and functional restoration using dorsal saddle shaped medpor implant in secondary rhinoplasty

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 600-603

  Turegun, Murat ^a   Acarturk, Tahsin Oguz ^a,b   Ozturk, Serdar ^a   Sengezer, Mustafa ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Medpor; Porous polyethylene; Saddle nose deformity; Secondary rhinoplasty

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE; BIOMATERIAL; MEDPOR; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CAST APPLICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INCISION; NOSE MALFORMATION; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; NOSE SEPTUM RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURING METHOD; ESTHETICS; EVALUATION; INHALATION; LUNG VENTILATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE INJURY; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE SEPTUM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; REOPERATION;

ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ESTHETICS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INHALATION; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NASAL SEPTUM; NOSE DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PULMONARY VENTILATION; REOPERATION; RHINOPLASTY;

EID: 45549096121     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181344453     Document Type: Article

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