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- noun chemistry A
biodegradable plastic made by thepolymerization of p-dioxanone ; it is used in medical applications such assutures
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"The use of resorbable polydioxanone plate facilitates this surgical technique."
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Posted on: Tuesday, 19 January 2010, 11: 59 EST Attaching cartilage to plates made of the resorbable material polydioxanone appears to facilitate corrective surgery on the nasal
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"To date, we have encountered no short - or long-term complications as a consequence of the use of polydioxanone plate," they conclude.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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"The use of polydioxanone plate during septal surgery facilitates external septoplasty, corrects several combined nasal deformities such as post-traumatic and iatrogenic [medically induced] irregularities and avoids postoperative saddle nose deformity, without risk to the patient."
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Attaching cartilage to plates made of the resorbable material polydioxanone appears to facilitate corrective surgery on the nasal septum, the thin cartilage separating the two airways, according to a report in the January/February issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Ph. D., of the Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam, report on the use of resorbable polydioxanone plates during septoplasty.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Attaching cartilage to plates made of the resorbable material polydioxanone appears to facilitate co ...
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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Attaching cartilage to polydioxanone plates facilitates corrective surgery on nasal septum
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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Posted on: Tuesday, 19 January 2010, 11: 59 EST Attaching cartilage to plates made of the resorbable material polydioxanone appears to facilitate corrective surgery on the nasal
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Cartilage is removed from the septum and sutured to a polydioxanone plate cut to the same size.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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