Explanted polyethylene implants

Ophthalmology. 2010 Jan;117(1):194-5; author reply 195. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.10.006.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Coated Materials, Biocompatible
  • Device Removal
  • Eye Enucleation
  • Eye Evisceration
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial / etiology
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial / pathology*
  • Eye, Artificial
  • Fibrosis / pathology
  • Foreign-Body Reaction / etiology
  • Foreign-Body Reaction / pathology*
  • Giant Cells, Foreign-Body / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Orbit / surgery
  • Orbital Implants / adverse effects*
  • Polyethylene*
  • Porosity
  • Prosthesis Implantation
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / etiology
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / pathology*

Substances

  • Coated Materials, Biocompatible
  • Polyethylene