ALLOPLASTIC MATERIALS IN PLASTIC SURGERY
ALLOPLASTIC MATERIALS IN PLASTIC SURGERY
ALLOPLASTIC MATERIALS IN PLASTIC SURGERY
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Uses of silicone<br />
Silicone rubbers have been implanted every where in<br />
the body.<br />
• Orbital floor recon. – Silastic sheets<br />
• Malar augmentation – preformed implants<br />
• Maxillary and zygomatic recon. – custom implants<br />
• Chin augmentation – prefabricated implants<br />
• Mandibular condyle – silicon blocks (no longer)<br />
• Ear recon. – custom implants<br />
• Nasal augmentation - preformed implants and block<br />
Uses of silicone – con.<br />
• Breast augmentation and reco. - preformed implants<br />
• Small joint arthroplasty: hand - preformed implants<br />
• First stage tendon recon. – silastic rods<br />
• Cranioplasty & forehead contouring – prefabricated<br />
implants<br />
• Tissue expansion - prefabricated expanders<br />
• Scar revision – silastic sheets
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