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Orbital implants (medical device)

Known as: Implants, Orbital, Implant, Orbital, Orbital Implants 
Rounded objects made of coral, teflon, or alloplastic polymer and covered with sclera, and which are implanted in the orbit following enucleation. An… 
National Institutes of Health

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MicrobiologicalOcular ProsthesisOrbital prosthesis implantationocular prosthesis insertion procedure

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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Prosthetic Motility in Pegged Versus Unpegged Integrated Porous Orbital Implants
Purpose To objectively measure and compare prosthetic motility in pegged versus unpegged orbital implants and to determine… 
2002
2002
Bovine Hydroxyapatite Orbital Implant: A Preliminary Report
Purpose To determine the safety and efficacy of bovine hydroxyapatite as an orbital implant material. Methods Prospective… 
2002
2002
The Quasi-Integrated Porous Polyethylene Orbital Implant
Purpose To describe a new quasi-integrated porous polyethylene orbital implant that combines the advantages of host tissue… 
2001
2001
Proliferation of human fibroblasts in vitro after exposure to orbital implants.
2000
2000
A New Titanium Peg System for Hydroxyapatite Orbital Implants
Purpose To evaluate a new hydroxyapatite-coated titanium sleeve and titanium peg system for HA orbital implants. Methods The… 
2000
2000
Primary placement of a motility coupling post in porous polyethylene orbital implants.
The placement of a motility coupling post (MCP) to integrate the prosthesis with a porous orbital implant may enhance prosthetic… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Scanning electron microscopic examination of porous orbital implants.
OBJECTIVE To compare the structural makeup of five porous orbital implants: two made of coralline hydroxyapatite (Bio-Eye and… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Hydroxyapatite orbital implants. Experience with 100 cases.
  • A. McNab
  • Australian and New Zealand journal of…
  • 1995
  • Corpus ID: 46504904
BACKGROUND The hydroxyapatite (HA) intraorbital implant is a relatively new implant made from the porous skeleton of a coral… 
1995
1995
Vicryl-mesh wrap for the implantation of hydroxyapatite orbital implants: an animal model.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate host fibrovascularization of hydroxyapatite orbital implants wrapped in sclera or in Vicryl (polyglactin… 
1949
1949
A case of sensitivity to gold-ball orbital implant; eczematous contact-type dermatitis due to 14-karat gold.
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