Use of porous high-density polyethylene (Medpor) for spreader or extended septal graft in rhinoplasty: Aesthetics, functional outcomes, and long-term complications

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 464-468

  Kim, Young Hyo ^a   Kim, Beom Joon ^a   Jang, Tae Young ^a  

^a Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; MEDPOR; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; NOSE SEPTUM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NASAL SEPTUM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINOPLASTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054819516     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3182045741     Document Type: Article

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