Alloplastic implants for orbital wall reconstruction

Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-68

  Jacono, Andrew A ^a   Moskowitz, Bruce ^a  

^a NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloplasts; Medpor; Orbital reconstruction; Porous polyethylene

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

HUMAN; MATERIALS; METAL IMPLANTATION; ORBIT FRACTURE; ORBIT RECONSTRUCTION; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0034083442     PISSN: 07366825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-7327     Document Type: Review

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