Artículos de revistas
Use of implants for management of the anophthalmic socket
Fecha
2011-10-01Registro en:
Medicina Veterinaria-recife. Recife Pe: Univ Federal Rural Pernambuco, v. 5, n. 4, p. 1-12, 2011.
1809-4678
WOS:000209051000001
Autor
Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)
Med Vet Uniao Metropolitana Educ & Cultura
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Institución
Resumen
The implants are usually used after removal of the eye or its internal content, in order to maintain the orbital volume or, as in medicine, provide also the subsequent placement of ocular prosthesis. Considering prosthetic surgery procedures of high relevance in human and veterinary ophthalmology, this paper seek to review the main types of implants described in national and international literature, as well as describe the main complications when they are used in humans and veterinary patients.