RATIONALE Enucleation implants are covered with a material that allows the fixation of the extraocular rectus muscles. Usually, the implants are covered in donor sclera, which implies the risk of infection transmission, inflammation and implant rejection, being also an expensive procedure. The new materials used for implant meshing should be tested and a safer and cost effective solution should...

After orbital exenteration for neoplasia the remaining bony socket is usually lined with skin and the deformity covered with a prosthesis; in many cases this is acceptable to the patient. However, in certain circumstances, especially in younger patients, a request for some form of reconstruction is made. In the past this has involved multistaged local or distant flaps, lined by skin grafts (Mey...

Removal of an eye may be indicated in cases of congenital abnormality, severe trauma, or disease such as an infection, tumor, or malignancy. The disfigurement associated with a loss of an eye is often accompanied with physical problems, psychological trauma, and a poor quality of life. A prosthetic replacement is the treatment of choice to return the individual to his normal vocation by produci...

purpose: to evaluate anophthalmic socket complications and the incidence of sympathetic ophthalmia among individuals who had undergone primary enucleation or severe ocular trauma during the war between iran and iraq. methods: all monocular veterans of the mentioned war in khorasan province, iran were recalled during a 7-month period. preliminary data including age at the time of injury, occupat...

PURPOSE To evaluate the clinical indications for orbital exenteration in a tertiary referral center and to compare clinicopathologic correlation and cosmetic outcome with previously reported data. DESIGN Retrospective, nonrandomized, consecutive case series. METHODS Review of Electronic Medical Record system, Orbital Clinic, Jules Stein Eye Institute, between January 1999 and December 2003....

PURPOSE We describe in our study a modified standard enucleation, using sclera harvested from the enucleated eye to cover the prosthesis in order to insert a large porous implant and to reduce postoperative complication rates in a phthisis globe. METHODS We perform initially a standard enucleation. The porous implant (Bioceramic) is then covered only partially by the patient's sclera. The imp...