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Descriptor English: Orbital Implants
Descriptor Spanish: Implantes Orbitales
Descriptor implantes orbitarios
Scope note: Objetos redondos confeccionados de coral, teflón, o polímeros aloplásticos y cubiertos con esclera, que se implantan en la órbita después de la enucleación. Generalmente, por razones cosméticas, se une a la porción anterior del implante orbital un ojo artificial (OJO ARTIFICIAL).
Descriptor Portuguese: Implantes Orbitários
Descriptor French: Implants orbitaires
Entry term(s): Implant, Orbital
Implants, Orbital
Orbital Implant
Tree number(s): E07.695.540
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020273
Scope note: 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.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
MI microbiology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Prostheses and Implants (1966-1998)
Public MeSH Note: 99
History Note: 99
Related: Eye, Artificial MeSH
DeCS ID: 33881
Unique ID: D020273
NLM Classification: WW 358
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Date Established: 1999/01/01
Date of Entry: 1998/06/10
Orbital Implants - Preferred
Concept UI M0029925
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Orbital Implants
Entry term(s) Implant, Orbital
Implants, Orbital
Orbital Implant



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