Disease relevance of Orbital Implants

• Coralline hydroxyapatite spheres as secondary orbital implants in anophthalmos [1].
• The vascularized hydroxyapatite orbital implant is an important in vivo model for bone-seeking agents to study their uptake kinetics independently of any soft tissue and bone disease [2].
• Aspergillus mycetoma in a secondary hydroxyapatite orbital implant: a case report and literature review [3].
• INTRODUCTION: We performed a prospective audit of the level of postoperative pain experienced by patients following enucleation with insertion of a primary orbital implant after preincisional regional retrobulbar anaesthesia using bupivacaine 0.75% with 1:100,000 adrenaline [4].
• Based on personal experience with approximately 350 enucleations for retinoblastoma, the authors describe their current surgical technique for removal of the eye, opening the globe to harvest fresh tissue for research including DNA analysis, and placement of the new hydroxyapatite orbital implant [5].

High impact information on Orbital Implants

• Primary banked scleral patch graft in the prevention of exposure of hydroxyapatite orbital implants [6].
• Exposure of tantalum mesh orbital implants [7].
• Primary placement of a titanium sleeve in hydroxyapatite orbital implants [8].
• Bone formation in hydroxyapatite orbital implants [9].
• METHODS: Serial T1-weighted gadolinium-enhanced orbital magnetic resonance examinations were performed in five patients receiving hydroxyapatite orbital implants [10].

Anatomical context of Orbital Implants

• Early wound dehiscence with use of hydroxyapatite orbital implant covered with calf pericardium [11].
• Hydroxyapatite orbital implants made from marine coral allow vascular and fibrous tissue growth from the host orbit into the implant, which decreases the possibility of implant extrusion or infection and allows enhanced healing of defects in the overlying conjunctiva [12].
• Mersilene mesh versus sclera in wrapping hydroxyapatite orbital implants [13].
• Amniotic membrane for repair of exposed hydroxyapatite orbital implant [14].
• Effects of vascular endothelial cell growth factor on fibrovascular ingrowth into rabbits hydroxyapatite orbital implant [15].

Associations of Orbital Implants with chemical compounds

• PURPOSE: To evaluate the use of hydroxyapatite (HA) as an orbital implant with evisceration [16].

Gene context of Orbital Implants

• Thirty-seven patients received a Bio-Eye hydroxyapatite implant (HA) (Integrated Orbital Implants, San Diego, Calif), 97 received a synthetic FCI hydroxyapatite implant (FCI, Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France), and 66 received a Bioceramic implant (aluminum oxide-Al2O3) (FCI, Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France) [17].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Orbital Implants

• Overall, the hydroxyapatite orbital implant seems to be well tolerated, provides improved motility of the prosthesis, and is associated with few complications [18].
• The results of this study show the hydroxyapatite orbital implant to provide excellent motility of the artificial eye and good cosmesis with a low rate of complications when used both as a primary and as a secondary implant [19].
• METHOD: In a retrospective multicenter study, autogenous posterior auricular muscle complex grafts were used to cover hydroxyapatite orbital implants in 83 patients with a mean age of 38.6 years (range, 1 to 85 years), of whom 63 had primary unilateral enucleation and 20 had secondary orbital implants following enucleation [20].
• PURPOSE: In a retrospective study, we evaluated the complications in using the motility peg system (nonsleeved and sleeved) for hydroxyapatite orbital implants in an anophthalmic socket [21].
• Primary placement of a titanium motility post in a porous polyethylene orbital implant: animal model with quantitative assessment of fibrovascular ingrowth and vascular density [22].

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