The risk of alar necrosis associated with dermal filler injection

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 1635-1640

  Grunebaum, Lisa Danielle ^a   Allemann, Inja Bogdan ^a,b   Dayan, Steven ^c   Mandy, Stephen ^a   Baumann, Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; DAMINOZIDE; FILLER; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYALURONIDASE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCOLLOID; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NASAL ALAR NECROSIS; NECROSIS; PAIN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACITRACIN; BANDAGES, HYDROCOLLOID; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COLLAGEN; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; DEBRIDEMENT; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ERYTHEMA; FACE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; MALE; NECROSIS; NOSE; REJUVENATION; RISK FACTORS; SKIN AGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 70350553854     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01342.x     Document Type: Article

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