EXTRA-CONJUNCTIVAL IMPLANTS

Extra-conjunctival Implants.

SIRS-Mr. Choyce has had the kindness to read my article. I would have appreciated his criticism all the more had he read it more carefully. His choice of the word " disservice" is unfortunate and unjustified. This is a new departure in the technique of implants, with a minimum of foreign material buried under conjunctiva, in an attempt at preventing sepsis and extrusion. My list of thirteen cas...

Extra-conjunctival Implants.

To the Editorial Committee of the BRITISH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY SIRS-The technique described by Nairac (1954) is ingenious, but founded upon a doubtful principle. Most authorities on orbital implants (movable ocular prostheses) agree that, to stand a chance of being retained for more than 5 years, an implant must be completely enclosed in both Tenon's capsule and the conjunctiva (Choyce, 195...

Extra-conjunctival Orbital Implants.

Use of Conjunctival Grafts and Temporary Tube Implants for Treatment of Teat Sinus Mucosal Injuries

Objectives- Using conjunctival graft to replace experimental mucosal defects of teatsinus.Study- Experimental study.Animals- Five healthy, mature, lactating, Jersey cows.Methods- Conjunct ival mucosal gra fts with teat cannula were evaluated in the repair of experimentalteat sinusmucosal lesions. A 1.5xl em wide circumferential strip of mucosa was resected from each teat in five Jersey cows. Ea...

Unilateral Conjunctival-Corneal Argyrosis Simulating Conjunctival Melanoma

clinically misdiagnosed as choroidal melanoma. Currently, most subretinal tumors assumed to be choroidal melanomas are treated with radiotherapy without histological confirmation. The diagnosis of an RPE carcinoma may therefore be missed. Finger et al described a darkly pigmented subretinal tumor accompanied by inflammation that was suspected of being an adenocarcinoma of the RPE. In several pu...