Long-term outcomes of ultra-thin porous polyethylene implants used for reconstruction of orbital floor defects

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 973-977

  Ozturk, Serdar ^a   Sengezer, Mustafa ^a   Isik, S ^a   Turegun, M ^a   Deveci, Mustafa ^a   Cil, Y ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Medpor; Orbital floor defect; Reconstruction; Ultra thin porous polyethylene implant

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE; BIOMATERIAL; MEDPOR; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIPLOPIA; ECTROPION; ENOPHTHALMOS; ENUCLEATION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; IMPLANT; INFRAORBITAL NERVE; MALE; ORBIT FRACTURE; ORBIT IMPLANT; ORBIT INJURY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INNERVATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; ORBIT; PLASTIC SURGERY; POROSITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RADIOGRAPHY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DIPLOPIA; ECTROPION; ENOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBIT; ORBITAL FRACTURES; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENES; POROSITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646989108     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.scs.0000179744.91165.3a     Document Type: Article

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