title: Use of blocks of hydroxylapatite for secondary reconstruction of the orbital floor.
abstract: Malposition of the globe and failure to fuse images may be the result of orbital trauma. Five patients are reviewed in whom secondary correction of enophthalmos, sunken globe and diplopia was performed by implantation of blocks of dense hydroxylapatite.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hes
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: de Man
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017886:Durapatite; D015841:Enophthalmos / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006882:Hydroxyapatites; D006980:Hyperthyroidism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009915:Orbit / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants
chemical_list: D006882:Hydroxyapatites; D017886:Durapatite