Soft-tissue filler complications: the important role of biofilms

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¹ Dallas, Texas; Birmingham, Ala.; and Boca Raton, Fla. From the Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; the Departments of Dermatology and Ophthalmology, University of Alabama at Birmingham; and Aesthetic Oculoplastic Surgery (private practice).

Rod J Rohrich et al. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010 Apr.

. 2010 Apr;125(4):1250-1256.

doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181cb4620.

¹ Dallas, Texas; Birmingham, Ala.; and Boca Raton, Fla. From the Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; the Departments of Dermatology and Ophthalmology, University of Alabama at Birmingham; and Aesthetic Oculoplastic Surgery (private practice).

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Smoking and soft-tissue dermal fillers: a potentially detrimental combination?
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Soft-tissue filler complications: the important role of biofilms.
Hassid VJ. Hassid VJ. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010 Nov;126(5):1801-1802. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181ef93b5. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010. PMID: 21042164 No abstract available.

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