Porous high-density polyethylene for orbital reconstruction

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 446-450

  Lee, Samson ^a   Maronian, Nicole ^a   Most, Sam P ^a   Whipple, Mark E ^a   McCulloch, Tim M ^b   Stanley, Robert B ^b   Farwell, D Gregory ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; DONOR SITE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; ORBIT DISEASE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; REVIEW; SAFETY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HUMANS; ORBIT; POLYETHYLENES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18344369798     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.131.5.446     Document Type: Review

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