Synthetic, dissolving plates ease repairs of nasal septum defects

Monday, January 18, 2010 - 21:07 in Health & Medicine

Attaching cartilage to plates made of the resorbable material polydioxanone appears to facilitate corrective surgery on the nasal septum, the thin cartilage separating the two airways, according to a new report.

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