The muller muscle flap for repair of an exposed hydroxyapatite orbital implant

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 204-207

  Rosen, Carl E ^a  

^a Ophthalmic Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydroxyapatite orbital implant; Muller muscle flap; Orbital implant exposure

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYAPATITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENOPHTHALMOS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MUELLER CELL; MUSCLE FLAP; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE GROWTH; TRABECULECTOMY; EYELID; IMPLANTATION; ORBIT; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ADULT; DURAPATITE; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; ORBIT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0031595707     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002341-199805000-00011     Document Type: Article

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