Porous polyethylene sheet implant with a barrier surface: A rabbit study

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 32-36

  Choi, John C ^a,b   Bstandig, Sabrina ^b   Iwamoto, Mami A ^b   Rubin, Peter A D ^c   Shore, John W ^a  

^a OPHTHALMIC CONSULTANTS OF BOSTON   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesions; Orbital fracture; Orbital implant

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ADHESION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOWOUT FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; ORBIT FRACTURE; ORBIT IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SOFT TISSUE;

EID: 0031909787     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002341-199801000-00008     Document Type: Article

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