Osteogenesis in a human hydroxyapatite orbital implant 5.5 years after implantation.
OBJECTIVE
We report the histological findings of a hydroxyapatite orbital implant 5.5 years after implantation.


METHODS
The hydroxyapatite orbital implant was excised from the left orbit of a 17-year-old female, and it was decalcified and processed for routine light microscopic evaluation.


RESULTS
The implant showed complete fibrovascularization with nearly complete osteogenesis with hematopoiesis.


CONCLUSIONS
Bone may biointegrate throughout the pores of hydroxyapatite orbital implants.
Sires
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Department of Ophthalmology,University of Washington, Seattle, USA. bsires@u.washington.edu
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D000293:Adolescent; D017886:Durapatite; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic; D020273:Orbital Implants; D010012:Osteogenesis; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D013997:Time Factors
D017886:Durapatite