Economic analysis of liquid versus surgical face-lift: Are large-volume facial soft tissue filler injection treatments a viable alternative to rhytidectomy?

Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 296-302

  Biskupiak, Joseph ^a   Sclafani, Anthony P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

cost minimization; face lift; outcome measures; rhytidectomy; Soft tissue fillers

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FACE; HUMAN; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; RHYTIDOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; PROCEDURES; SURGERY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FACE; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; RHYTIDOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955033196     PISSN: 07366825     EISSN: 10988793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1262311     Document Type: Article

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