Porous orbital implants and their behaviour during drilling

Orbit

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-5

  Dapling, R B ^a   Sadiq, S A ^b   Ntountas, Y ^c   Ali, Q ^b   Shaw, B ^b   Downes, R N ^b  

^a ROYAL SHREWSBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS Trust ^*

Author keywords

Drilling; Hydroxyapatite; Orbital implants; Porous polyethylene

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYAPATITE; POLYETHYLENE;

ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; DRILL; ENUCLEATION; EPITHELIZATION; ORBIT IMPLANT; PROSTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033027667     PISSN: 01676830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/orbi.18.1.1.2731     Document Type: Article

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