Facial reconstruction using porous high-density polyethylene (Medpor): Long-term results

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 917-927

  Niechajev, Igor ^a  

^a Lidingö Clinic   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alloplastic material; Chin augmentation; High density polyethylene; Malar augmentation; Medpor; Nasal reconstruction

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; MEDPOR; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEEK; CHIN; ESTHETICS; FACE; FACIAL BONE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGOMA;

ADULT; AGED; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHEEK; CHIN; ESTHETICS; FACE; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RHINOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT; ZYGOMA;

EID: 84866380064     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-012-9911-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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