 Orbital Implants
"Orbital Implants" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Rounded objects made of coral, teflon, or alloplastic polymer and covered with sclera, and which are implanted in the orbit following enucleation. An artificial eye (EYE, ARTIFICIAL) is usually attached to the anterior of the orbital implant for cosmetic purposes.
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D020273
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.695.540
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| Concept/Terms |
Orbital Implants- Orbital Implants
- Implant, Orbital
- Implants, Orbital
- Orbital Implant
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Orbital Implants" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Pemberton JD, Wright H, Fowler BT, Kim J, Fleming JC. Consideration for eliminating conjunctival closure in the enucleation procedure. Orbit. 2017 Oct; 36(5):322-324.
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