Complications associated with alloplastic implants in rhinoplasty

Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 437-441

  Winkler, Andrew A ^a   Soler, Zachary M ^b   Leong, Paul L ^c   Murphy, Ashley ^d   Wang, Tom D ^d   Cook, Ted A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Ideal Facial Plastic and Laser Surgery   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; POLITEF; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; LOWER EYELID SPACER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POLYETHYLENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINOPLASTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872121406     PISSN: 15212491     EISSN: 15383660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfacial.2012.583     Document Type: Article

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