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ALLOPLASTIC MATERIALS IN PLASTIC SURGERY

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Uses<br />

Polyester<br />

• Dacron – arterial prostheses, suture material.<br />

• Mersilene – abd. & chest wall reconstruction,<br />

facial onlay augmentation.(genioplasty)<br />

• Xomed – reinforced with polyurethane,<br />

craniofacial reconstruction.<br />

Polyester<br />

Aliphatic polymers<br />

• More then 20 years of use.<br />

• Resorbable – hydrolysis of ester bond<br />

• Sutures –Dexon (polyglycolic acid)<br />

–Vicryl (polyglactin–polyglycolic/lactic)<br />

– Maxon (polyglyconate)<br />

– Monocryl (polyglecaprone 25)

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