Synthetic Facial Implants

Overview

Journal Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am

Specialty General Surgery

Date 2007 Dec 8

PMID 18063244

Citations 7

Authors

Vito C Quatela

Jen Chow

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Abstract

This article presents a range of synthetic implant materials for use in facial plastic surgery. The authors discuss alternatives to autogenous tissue transfer in terms of biocompatibility, technique, complications, controversies, and cautions. The reader is presented information about a range of synthetic implant materials such as silicone, polyester fiber, polyamide mesh, metal, polyethylene, polyacrylamide gel, hydroxyapatite, polylactic acid, collagen, and others.

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