ALLOPLASTIC MATERIALS IN PLASTIC SURGERY
ALLOPLASTIC MATERIALS IN PLASTIC SURGERY
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)