Polydimethylsiloxane in the human vocal fold: description of partial explantation.

Echternach, Matthias; Delb, Wolfgang; Wagner, Mathias; Sittel, Christian; Verse, Thomas; Richter, Bernhard · Laryngoscope · 2008

case_report · Level V

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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.

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