Adverse effects of bone wax in surgery of the orbit

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-126

  Katz, Steven E ^a   Rootman, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone wax (adverse effects); Foreign body inflammation; Granuloma; Orbit (surgery)

Indexed keywords

BONE WAX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; ORBIT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL SURGERY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0029877597     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002341-199606000-00006     Document Type: Article

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