Secondary infection affecting one of two simultaneously placed orbital wall implants.
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ABSTRACT: A 10-year-old boy experienced traumatic injuries to the right bony orbit, which were repaired with a nylon foil and a barrier porous polyethylene orbital implant. Three years after surgery, he presented with maxillary and ethmoid sinusitis with infection of the nylon foil plate. This plate was removed, yielding complete recovery.
SUBMITTER: Babar S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3052667 | biostudies-other | 2009 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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