Atrophic rhinitis: Proplast as an implant material in surgical treatment.
The use of Proplast as an implant material is described in the treatment of atrophic rhinitis. It offers an alterantive implant material to bone graft obtained from the patient. There is no resutling morbidity in relationship to a donor site.
D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002244:Carbon; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium / Q000601:surgery; D009666:Nose / Q000601:surgery*; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012222:Rhinitis, Atrophic / Q000601:surgery*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous
D002244:Carbon; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene