The use of particulate hydroxyapatite and plaster of Paris in aesthetic and reconstructive surgery.
The authors describe their early investigative results of using a mixture of hydroxyapatite (HA) and plaster of Paris (PP) in skull and frontal sinus defects in a large series of cats. Histologically, bone was found to form and infiltrate the HA-PP implant over a period of months, with gradual resorption of the plaster in 6-8 weeks. Clinically, the HA-PP combination has been used in 24 patients over the past seven years for various skull, zygomatic, and mandibular defects.
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Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial and Reconstructive Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
Hanker
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Levin
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Ruff
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002133:Calcium Sulfate; D002415:Cats; D017886:Durapatite; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D006882:Hydroxyapatites; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012886:Skull / Q000601:surgery*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*
D006882:Hydroxyapatites; D017886:Durapatite; D002133:Calcium Sulfate