A technique for medial canthal fixation using resorbable poly-L-lactic acid-polyglycolic acid fixation kit

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1171-1174

  Sharma, Vidushi ^a,d   Nemet, Arik ^a   Ghabrial, Raf ^a,b   Martin, Peter A ^a   Kourt, Gina ^a   Danks, Jenny J ^a,c   Marcells, George ^a  

^a SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d A 475   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HETEROTOPIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPOATROPHY; MALE; ORBIT FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA; SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADULT; AGED; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE SCREWS; EYELID DISEASES; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORBIT; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33747169034     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.124.8.1171     Document Type: Article

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