Sutureless transconjunctival repair of orbital blowout fractures

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 458-460

  Ho, Viet H ^a   Rowland Jr , Joseph P ^a   Linder, James S ^a   Fleming, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; ORBIT FRACTURE; ORBIT IMPLANT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL FRACTURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10044278302     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.IOP.0000143715.26518.4C     Document Type: Review

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