One of the important medical and social problems in patients with anophthalmos today is elimination a cosmetic defect [3,7].The eye prosthesis has not only cosmetic, but also therapeutic prophylactic value, protecting cavity from irritating effect environmental factors. Prolonged absence conjunctival causes chronic inflammatory process its reduction [2,4,8]. The aim study: To improve functional...

Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the source is credited. DOI 0.3109/17453674.2010.533937 A femoral condyle endoprosthesis (FCE) was implanted in a 48-year-old transfemorally amputated woman with the intention of making the a...

INTRODUCTION The Argus II retinal prosthesis is composed of an epiretinal electrode array positioned over the macula and connected to an extrascleral electronics case via a silicone cable, running through a sclerotomy. During implantation, the manufacturer recommends to cover the sclerotomy site with a patch of processed human pericardium to prevent postoperative hypotony and conjunctival erosi...

Ocular prostheses have been used for centuries to restore patient confidence, psychosocial relationships and improve quality of life. Methodology producing accurate has improved with technological discoveries. Recently, hand painting ocular the go-to method creating life like prostheses. However, digital printing a print envelope around an acrylic prosthesis shown decrease treatment rehabilitat...

PURPOSE To assess the performance and optical limitations of standard, aspheric, and wavefront-customized intraocular lenses (IOLs) using clinically verified pseudophakic eye models. METHODS White light pseudophakic eye models were constructed from physical measurements performed on 46 individual cataract patients and subsequently verified using the clinically measured contrast sensitivity fu...

PURPOSE To document that with proper patient and procedure selection, children undergoing general inhalational anesthesia for ophthalmologic exams (with or without photos, ultrasound, laser treatment, peri-ocular injection of chemotherapy, suture removal, and/or replacement of ocular prosthesis) can be safely anesthetized without the use of an intravenous (IV) line. Children are rarely anesthet...

Statement of the problem Many partially edentulous situations are present whereby the choice between a removable and a fixed partial denture lies within the delicate balance of a single standing abutment. This abutment is called as a pier abutment. If and when a fixed fixed prosthesis is given in such a case, the retainer over the pier abutment acts as a fulcrum and invariably leads to cement f...