Scientific foundations: The natural history of alloplastic implants in orbital floor reconstruction: An animal model

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 26-32

  Dougherty, William R ^a   Wellisz, Tadeusz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite tissue regeneration; Orbital floor reconstruction; Orbital implants; Porous polyethylene; Silicone

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE; SILICONE;

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAXILLARY SINUS; MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; OPEN FRACTURE; ORBIT FRACTURE; ORBIT RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE GROWTH; TISSUE REACTION; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE SECTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMAL; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE REGENERATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MAXILLARY SINUS; ORBITAL FRACTURES; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RABBITS; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0028158531     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: 15363732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001665-199402000-00007     Document Type: Article

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