Late infection of hydroxyapatite orbital implants

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-48

  Sloan, Brian H ^a   McNab, Alan A ^a,c   McKelvie, Penny ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anophthalmic socket; Complications; Hydroxy apatite implant; Infection

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; HYDROXYAPATITE;

ADULT; AGED; ANOPHTHALMIA; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORBIT IMPLANT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DURAPATITE; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; ORBIT; ORBIT EVISCERATION; ORBITAL IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 17944381025     PISSN: 08149763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1606.1999.00160.x     Document Type: Article

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