A 5-year assessment of safety and aesthetic results after facial soft-tissue augmentation with polyacrylamide hydrogel (Aquamid): A prospective multicenter study of 251 patients

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1797-1804

  Pallua, Norbert ^a,b   Wolter, Timm P ^a,b  

^a University Hospital of the RWTH ^*

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; AQUAMID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; INJECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACRYLIC RESINS; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; INJECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953239140     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181d18158     Document Type: Article

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