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Center for Corrective Surgery
Polyester implant offers promising new outpatient treatment for snoring
January 14th, 2004
Surgeons at the Center for Corrective Surgery are using polyester to reinforce the tissues in the roof of the mouth to treat snoring. "We use a highly sophisticated non-absorbable polyester implant known as Pillar Palatal Implant System, from Restore Medical, Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota, to improve people's most embarrassing social and personal problem of snoring," according to Dr. Mansoor Madani, director of the center. "This is achieved without cutting tissues or inflicting pain," says Madani, chairman of the department of oral and maxillofacial surgery at Capital Health System in Trenton, New Jersey. The implant consists of three...
Source: Biotech Week (2004-01-14)
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