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Paraffin oil injection in the body: an obsolete and destructive procedure
Giovanni Di Benedetto1, Marina Pierangeli, Alessandro Scalise
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ancona University School of Medicine, Piazza Capelli 1, I-60121 Ancona, Italy.
Annals of Plastic Surgery
|October 9, 2002
Abstract:
Injection of foreign materials, such as paraffin oil, is an old and obsolete procedure. The authors describe previous uses for this procedure that had been used since the 19th century and the treatment of patients affected by such a disease.