Long-term surgical outcomes of porous polyethylene orbital implants: A review of 314 cases

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 494-498

  Jung, Su Kyung ^a   Cho, Won Kyung ^a   Paik, Ji Sun ^a   Yang, Suk Woo ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ANOPHTHALMIA; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ULCER; ECTROPION; ENUCLEATION; EVISCERATION; EYE INFECTION; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORBIT IMPLANT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PTOSIS; REOPERATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE ENUCLEATION; EYE EVISCERATION; EYE INJURIES; EYE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL IMPLANTS; POLYETHYLENE; POROSITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858341261     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-300132     Document Type: Article

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