"Orbital Implants" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Rounded objects made of coral, teflon, or alloplastic polymer and covered with sclera, and which are implanted in the orbit following enucleation. An artificial eye (EYE, ARTIFICIAL) is usually attached to the anterior of the orbital implant for cosmetic purposes.
| Descriptor ID |
D020273
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.695.540
|
| Concept/Terms |
Orbital Implants- Orbital Implants
- Implant, Orbital
- Implants, Orbital
- Orbital Implant
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Orbital Implants".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Orbital Implants".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Orbital Implants" by people in this website by year, and whether "Orbital Implants" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Orbital Implants" by people in Profiles.
-
Do Orbital Implants Differ in Complication Rates: A Retrospective Study of 88 Patients, and an Argument for Cost-Effective Practices in the Face of Rising Health Care Costs. Facial Plast Surg. 2022 Jun; 38(3):293-299.
-
Chocolate Cysts Associated With Porous Polyethylene Orbital Implants. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2021 Mar-Apr 01; 37(2):e75-e80.
-
Early Experience With Nonporous Polyethylene Barrier Sheet in Orbital Fracture Repair. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 Jan/Feb; 35(1):67-70.
-
Exenteration and Custom Implant Brachytherapy as a Treatment for Recurrent Primary Extraskeletal Orbital Ewing Sarcoma. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2015 Jul-Aug; 31(4):e89-91.
-
Osseointegrated craniofacial implants in the rehabilitation of orbital defects: an update of a retrospective experience in the United States. J Prosthet Dent. 2005 Aug; 94(2):177-82.
-
Transpalpebral migration of solid silicone explant in a phthisical globe. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2004 Sep-Oct; 35(5):423-5.