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CLINICAL RESEARCH

Complications of Orbital Implants: A Review of 542 Patients Who Have Undergone Orbital Implantation and 275 Subsequent Peg Placements

Ashkan Shoamanesh Michael Degroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
, M.D.,
Noelene K. Pang Department of Ophthalmology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
, M.D. &
James H. Oestreicher Department of Ophthalmology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
, M.D., FRCSC
Pages 173-182 | Received 21 Jan 2007, Accepted 29 Jun 2007, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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