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Influence of coralline hydroxyapatite used as an ocular implant on the dose distribution of external beam photon radiation therapy.

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Arora, V; Weeks, K; Halperin, EC; Dutton, JJ
Published in: Ophthalmology
March 1992

Coralline hydroxyapatite spheres are used as buried integrated ocular implants after enucleation or evisceration surgery. Because such implants are used after surgery for intraocular malignancy and because some patients may require postoperative radiation therapy for orbital tumor recurrence, the radiation attenuation characteristics of the implant are of interest. The authors evaluated the attenuation and scattering properties of coralline hydroxyapatite implants using a 4 MV photon beam and film dosimetry. Optical density analyses indicate that coralline hydroxyapatite implants have no significant influence on the attenuation or scattering properties of the photon beam. As such, there is no basis for concern that such implants might adversely affect external beam photon irradiation.

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Ophthalmology

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ISSN

0161-6420

Publication Date

March 1992

Volume

99

Issue

3

Start / End Page

380 / 382

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Radiotherapy Dosage
  • Prostheses and Implants
  • Orbit
  • Ophthalmology & Optometry
  • Methylmethacrylates
  • Methylmethacrylate
  • Hydroxyapatites
  • Durapatite
  • Absorptiometry, Photon
  • 3212 Ophthalmology and optometry
 

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Arora, V., Weeks, K., Halperin, E. C., & Dutton, J. J. (1992). Influence of coralline hydroxyapatite used as an ocular implant on the dose distribution of external beam photon radiation therapy. Ophthalmology, 99(3), 380–382. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0161-6420(92)31977-3
Arora, V., K. Weeks, E. C. Halperin, and J. J. Dutton. “Influence of coralline hydroxyapatite used as an ocular implant on the dose distribution of external beam photon radiation therapy.Ophthalmology 99, no. 3 (March 1992): 380–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0161-6420(92)31977-3.
Arora, V., et al. “Influence of coralline hydroxyapatite used as an ocular implant on the dose distribution of external beam photon radiation therapy.Ophthalmology, vol. 99, no. 3, Mar. 1992, pp. 380–82. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/s0161-6420(92)31977-3.
Journal cover image

Published In

Ophthalmology

DOI

ISSN

0161-6420

Publication Date

March 1992

Volume

99

Issue

3

Start / End Page

380 / 382

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Radiotherapy Dosage
  • Prostheses and Implants
  • Orbit
  • Ophthalmology & Optometry
  • Methylmethacrylates
  • Methylmethacrylate
  • Hydroxyapatites
  • Durapatite
  • Absorptiometry, Photon
  • 3212 Ophthalmology and optometry