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| What … for? (Indications) Soft tissue implants serve to reconstruct surgically or traumatically created tissue voids, to restore bulk to aging tissues and to augment tissue for cosmetic enhancement. |  membrane | ||||||||
| Numbers n/a | |||||||||
| Times Healing times have great variations dependend on the size of the defect and the used technique. The effect may not be stable in the long run. | |||||||||
| Risks (Contraindications) | short term: | Inflammation, repulsion, injury of neighbouring structures, foreign body reactions, allergic reactions, rejection | |||||||
| long term: | Dislocation, chronic inflammation, chronic pain, systemic influence, foreign body reactions, nodularity, | ||||||||
| Failures | n/a, too many varieties | ||||||||
| Materials available | |||||||||
| Artificial, synthetic | Solid silicone particles suspended in a polyvinylpyrrolidone (CHNO) carrier | ||||||||
| Microspheres of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) | |||||||||
| Suspension of Calcium hydroxyapatite (CaHA) in Glycerin and Saline | |||||||||
| Poly-L-lactid acid | |||||||||
| Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (e-PFTE) | |||||||||
| Biologic | Collagen fibrils (human) | ||||||||
| Collagen fibrils (bovine) | |||||||||
| Collagen fibrils (porcine) | |||||||||
| Hyaluronic acid gel | |||||||||
| Animal-derived HA with vinyl sulfone | |||||||||
| Plasma, porcine-derived gelatin and e-aminocaproic acid | |||||||||
| Homologous materials | Homologous collagen dispersion | ||||||||
| Acellular dermal graft | |||||||||
| Autologous materials | Cultured autologous fibroblasts | ||||||||
| Statistics | n/a | ||||||||
| Literature | – Problems | n/a, single case reports | |||||||
| – Science/Future | n/a | ||||||||
| Register of patients(links) | n/a | ||||||||
| Medical Societies | dealing with this subject are here. You may also find some in the General Medical Society sector. | ||||||||
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