Complications of Bioabsorbable Orbital Implants and Fixation Plates

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-86

  Ng, John D ^a   Huynh, Tony H ^b   Burgett, Richard ^c  

^a CASEY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIDWEST EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; DISEASE COURSE; ECTROPION; ENTROPION; EYELID RETRACTION; HUMAN; MALE; ORBIT FRACTURE; ORBIT IMPLANT; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE PLATES; CICATRIX; EYELID DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL FRACTURES; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS;

EID: 1642556952     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.IOP.0000105514.08654.13     Document Type: Article

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