Problems with the hydroxyapatite orbital implant: experience with 250 consecutive cases.
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Problems with the hydroxyapatite orbital implant: experience with 250 consecutive cases.
The coral derived hydroxyapatite sphere is a popular, integrated orbital implant designed to provide improved motility of the ocular prosthesis following enucleation. Although the implant has rapidly become widely used by ophthalmologists, little information is available regarding the problems of this technique in a large series of cases. Experience with 250 consecutive cases of hydroxyapatite ...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.78.9.702