EXTRA-CONJUNCTIVAL ORBITAL IMPLANTS

Extra-conjunctival Orbital 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...

Magnetic orbital implants.

Sixty-six consecutive cases undergoing enucleation with the insertion of the Roper-Hall magnetic implant at the Birmingham and Midland Eye Hospital (BMEH) were followed up to re-establish the rate of extrusion. It was possible to study the records of all 66 patients. An extrusion rate of 1.5% was found.

Orbital giant conjunctival epithelial primary cyst.

CASE REPORT A 15-year-old male, with no previous traumatic o surgical ocular injury, presented with a right eye proptosis and inferior displacement which began 4 months earlier. Ultrasound and CT showed a cystic lesion of 3.5 × 2 cm in the superior orbit. Surgical resection was performed by transconjunctival orbitotomy. The histopathology examination showed a cyst with nonkeratinized epithelium...