Tissue Augmentation in Clinical Practice contains current discussions of technologies and trends for the correction of skin defects resulting from aging, photodamage, disease, trauma, and scarring-including sections on microlipoinjection, surgery for the correction of depressed scars and wrinkles.

Features:

• Keeps clinicians abreast of the variety of tissue augmentation devices available and in which situations each is most useful
• Provides a comprehensive overview of the latest injectable agents and describes their utilization and the most recent applications
• Provides a historical outline of the use of collagen in humans
• Stands as an encyclopedic source spanning every available substance for tissue augmentation, and also reviews their properties and possible adverse reactions
• Studies current uses of BTX-A
• Presents in-depth coverage of breakthrough surgical procedures and filling agents involved in soft tissue augmentation

Contents

• Introduction to Soft Tissue Augmentation: An Historical Perspective
• Fat Transfer, Microlipoinjection, and Lipocytic Dermal Augmentation
• Dermal Grafting
• Dermalogen, Dermaplant, and Fascian
• Injectable Bovine Collagen
• Hylaform
• Subcision
• ePTFE: Gore-tex, Ultrasoft, and Conform
• Botulinum Toxin
• Injectable Liquid Silicones: New Perspectives
• Resurfacing Procedures: Chemical Peels and Topical Therapy
• Filling Substances in Conjunction with Other Modalities
• Artecoll
• Restylane and Perlane
• Other Injectable Substances Containing Temporary or Permanent Particles
• Polymeric Materials for Soft Tissue Augmentation
• Common Questions About Tissue Augmentation
• Lipodystrophy and HIV: Etiology and Methods of Correction
• Cymetra and Alloderm

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