Ultrasonographic monitoring of implant thickness after augmentation rhinoplasty with expanded polytetrafluoroethylene

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-110

  Jung, Yong Gi ^a   Kim, Hyo Yeol ^a   Dhong, Hun Jong ^a   Park, Ki Nam ^a   Lee, Hyun Jong ^a   Lim, Yoo Jung ^a   Min, Jin Young ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Gore Tex; Granuloma; Implant; Nose; Polytetrafluoroethylene; Rhinoplasty; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; OPERATION DURATION; RHINOSINUSITIS; SMOKING; THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NOSE DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINOPLASTY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70149091677     PISSN: 19458924     EISSN: 19458932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2009.23.3273     Document Type: Article

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