Long-term efficacy of biomodeled polymethyl methacrylate implants for orbitofacial defects

Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 381-389

  Groth, Michael J ^a,b   Bhatnagar, Aparna ^a   Clearihue, William J ^c   Goldberg, Robert A ^a   Douglas, Raymond S ^a,c  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Brighton Laser and Surgery Institute   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORBIT; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; PROSTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBIT; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845238518     PISSN: 15212491     EISSN: 15383660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfaci.8.6.381     Document Type: Article

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