BACKGROUND The multitude of factors involved with a unilateral cleft lip nasal defect has spurred various surgical techniques in the past. Recently, synthetic materials have been introduced for use in nasal reconstruction. OBJECTIVE To report on and illustrate the use of porous high-density polyethylene implants in cleft lip nasal reconstruction. DESIGN A retrospective review of cleft lip n...

Co-gasification of biomass and plastic blends has been extensively studied, however the effect AAEMs (alkali alkaline earth metals) in on co-gasification behavior still remains unknown. Acid alkali pretreatment were used here to remove or introduce by ion-exchange method. SEM was obtain morphological characteristics three pretreated pine wood (PW) samples; TG analysis pure blend feedstocks exam...