Use of porous polyethylene with embedded titanium in orbital reconstruction: A review of 106 patients

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 439-444

  Garibaldi, Daniel C ^a   Iliff, Nicholas T ^a   Grant, Michael P ^a   Merbs, Shannath L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE; TITANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE REMOVAL; ENOPHTHALMOS; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; IMPLANT; INFRAORBITAL NERVE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ORBIT FRACTURE; ORBIT RECONSTRUCTION; POROSITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROBULBAR HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBIT; ORBITAL FRACTURES; ORBITAL IMPLANTS; POLYETHYLENE; POROSITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TITANIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36348929356     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e31815a1235     Document Type: Review

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