This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Reply to article  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

The Use of Methyl Methacrylate Implants

JOHN A. B. HOLT, M.D.; RALPH S. LLOYD, D.D.S.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1948;47(4):406-412.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

THE VARIOUS materials used in the reconstruction of depression defects of the nose are almost as numerous as the decades since rhinoplasties were first mentioned in writings, about the seventh century B.C.¹ Surgical implants have varied from paraffin to bone, and none has been found to be entirely satisfactory.

In 1942 one of the authors (R. S. L.) while at the Mayo Clinic² noted the successful use of methyl methacrylate, an acrylic resin, in the reconstruction of a hip joint. This resin, commonly known as "lucite," was then considered in the ear, nose and throat department of the United States Marine Hospital, Baltimore, for use as nasal implants. This type of surgical implantation was first done at this clinic in January 1943, and since then 20 patients have received surgical implants.

Because it was feared that the tissue might react to methyl methacrylate as to a foreign body, the material . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CHARLESTON, W. VA.; Senior Dental Surgeon, United States Public Health Service BALTIMORE

From the United States Marine Hospital.

Footnotes
Formerly Surgeon, United Stated Public Health Service.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?