ISSN:
1432-5241
Keywords:
Anophthalmic orbit
;
Autogenous bone grafts
;
Adjacent muscle, facial, pericranial flaps
;
Orbital prosthesis
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Twenty-four patients with severe anophthalmic orbit syndrome were treated with a combination of techniques utilizing autogenous tissue. Autogenous corticocancellous bone grafts were used in the orbit as a volume filler. The temporalis muscle and a fasciae flap with a pericranial flap were used as a curtain to cover the bone grafts and to give a softening effect. The prosthesis used was a regular eye shell. With this method it can be smaller, thinner, and lighter to produce less deformation of the lower lid, particularly when used for a long period of time. In children who have this deformity compounded by small orbits after oncologic treatment, three-wall orbital enlargement is done to achieve a larger orbit, so as to match the normal unaffected socket and produce symmetry.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01575515
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