CAD-CAM construction of a provisional nasal prosthesis after ablative tumour surgery of the nose: A pilot case report

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-101

  Ciocca, L ^a,b   Bacci, G ^b   Mingucci, R ^b   Scotti, R ^b  

^a Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CAD CAM; Maxillofacial prosthesis; Nasal prosthesis; Rapid prototyping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NOSE INJURY; NOSE TUMOR; PROSTHESIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NOSE DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; NOSE NEOPLASMS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58149308135     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2008.01013.x     Document Type: Article

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