Long-term follow-up of porous polyethylene spherical implants after enucleation and evisceration

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-15

  Alwitry, A ^a   West, S ^a   King, J ^a   Foss, A J ^a   Abercrombie, L C ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENUCLEATION; EVISCERATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORBIT IMPLANT; POROSITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE ENUCLEATION; EYE EVISCERATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL IMPLANTS; POLYETHYLENES; POROSITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33846428406     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.iop.0000249429.02757.6b     Document Type: Article

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