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Polydimethylsiloxane in the human vocal fold: description of partial explantation
Matthias Echternach1, Wolfgang Delb, Mathias Wagner
1Institute of Musicians' Medicine, Freiburg University Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany. matthias.echternach@uniklinik-freiburg.de
The Laryngoscope
|November 22, 2007
Abstract:
We describe here for the first time a partial explantation of polydimethylsiloxane in a patient 7 years after implantation caused by faulty positioning of the implant. The histopathologic examination demonstrated that the material that displayed green autofluorescence in hematoxylin-eosin staining was biologically inert and stable. Major inflammatory reaction could not be ascertained.
