alloplastic
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- adjective
- /ˌæl.əˈplæs.tɪk/
- Specialized
- Alloplastic material, such as porous, high-density polyethylene and purified acellular human dermal grafts, can be beneficial in patients lacking sufficient autogenous material.
- alloplastic material
- alloplastic cranioplasty
Examples
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Prefabricated, patient-specific alloplastic implants for cranioplasty reduce surgical complexity, decrease operative times, minimize exposure and risk of contamination, and have resulted in improved aesthetic results.
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Prefabricated, patient-specific alloplastic implants have proven exceedingly useful in the elective reconstruction of established, stable defects of the cranium.
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Therefore, it can be presumed that PHDPE is a very safe alloplastic material compared with other widely accepted materials.
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Another alloplastic material, silicone, has very high extrusion and removal rates (25% each) (18).
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Given these reports, some practitioners are unwilling to use PHDPE as alloplastic material in performing rhinoplasty.
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In a meta-analysis comparing the complication rates among these alloplastic materials, no significant differences were observed in extrusion or infection rates.
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The ideal method for alloplastic cranioplasty would enable cost-effective creation of a patient-specific implant with the capacity for intraoperative modification.
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Surgeons often prefer alloplastic materials for their reliability in reconstructive procedures.
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The use of alloplastic implants can greatly enhance the outcomes of cosmetic surgery.
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In many surgical operations, alloplastic devices help patients recover more effectively.
Surface Forms
Morphology
alloplastic = alloplast (semi-transparent) = alloplast + ic
Formally 'alloplast' + '-ic' and knowing 'plastic' or the medical noun helps infer 'relating to synthetic materials', but the combining element 'allo-' is technical.
Etymology
Alloplastic comes from the parts allo- 'other' and plastic 'to form', and you can see the same plastic in the common word plastic for a shapeable material. So in medicine an alloplastic material is one made from other, often artificial, materials used instead of a patient's own tissue.