Ophthalmology
Volume 112, Issue 3 , Pages 516-523 , March 2005

Repair of exposed porous polyethylene implants utilizing flaps from the implant capsule

Presented in part at: American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, November, 2000, Dallas, Texas, and the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Annual Meeting, November, 2000, Dallas, Texas.

  • Hatem A. Tawfik, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Hatem A. Tawfik, MD, 5 Ibn Elnafis Street, Off Makram Ebeid Street, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt
    • ,
  • Hamida Budin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
    • ,
  • Jonathan J. Dutton, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Received 28 April 2004 ,Accepted 20 September 2004.

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 Manuscript no. 240319.

 The authors have no proprietary interest in the study.

PII: S0161-6420(04)01653-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2004.09.030

Ophthalmology
Volume 112, Issue 3 , Pages 516-523 , March 2005

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