Late orbital haemorrhage around alloplastic orbital floor implants: A case series and review

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 352-355

  Gilhotra, Jagjit Singh ^a   McNab, Alan A ^a,d   McKelvie, Penny ^b   O'Donnell, Brett A ^c  

^a ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d St Francis Building   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alloplastic implant; Complications; Haemorrhage; Orbit; Orbital floor implant

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIPLOPIA; ENOPHTHALMOS; EPIPHORA; EYELID EDEMA; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ORBIT DISEASE; ORBIT FRACTURE; ORBIT IMPLANT; ORBIT RECONSTRUCTION; ORBIT TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBIT; ORBITAL FRACTURES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETROBULBAR HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036796721     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9071.2002.t01-1-00555.x     Document Type: Article

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