PURPOSE To describe the demographics, characteristics, and treatment of giant fornix syndrome, a rare cause of chronic purulent conjunctivitis in the elderly. METHODS Retrospective chart review of five patients with giant fornix syndrome evaluated by the Cornea Service, Oculoplastics and Orbital Surgery Service and the Department of Pathology at the Wills Eye Institute. RESULTS The median a...

Alloplastic materials used for orbital fracture reconstruction can induce complications, such as infection, migration, extrusion, intraorbital hemorrhage, and residual diplopia. Silicone is one of the alloplastic materials that has been widely used for decades. The author reports a rare case of spontaneous extrusion of a silicone implant that was used for orbital fracture reconstruction 30 year...

1 Koichi Ueda, MD, PhD Takashi Nuri, MD, PhD Yuki Otsuki, MD, PhD Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Osaka Medical College Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan Sir, I soft tissue with muscle is resected because of tumor invasion, muscle function is lost. The face has soft tissues with free borders, for example, lips, eyelids, and soft palate. If they are reconstructed without functional moveme...

BACKGROUND Exenteration is indicated in patients with malignant neoplasms of orbital contents. It entails the removal of the eyeball together with its extraocular muscles and other soft tissues. Exenterations can be classified into (1) total, (2) subtotal, and (3) supertotal exenteration. Retrospectively study, we reviewed 7 patients that had received exenteration/subtotal exenteration with spo...

Background/aim: Various flap procedures have been described and used for the lower eyelids; however, the nasolabial flap is rarely employed. We herein aimed to present the clinical results of using the superiorly based nasolabial island flap for repair of surgical defects extending to the lateral lower eyelid. Materials and methods: Nine patients with a mean age of 62 +- 6 years underwent surge...

Multiple, simultaneous skin cancers of the face are common. This is the first description of reconstructing discontinuous facial defects (i.e., separate sites of the face) with simultaneous ulnar perforator flaps. The distinct innovations of this multiple flap design are the ability to restrict the harvest site to one extremity, to obtain vein and arterial grafts from the same extremity, and to...

Összefoglaló. Bevezetés: A tumoreltávolítás miatt végzett teljes alsószemhéj-pótlás összetett feladat lehet. rekonstrukció célja a kielégítő funkcionális és kozmetikai eredmény elérése. Célkitűzés: módosított Fricke-lebennyel tapasztalatainak bemutatása az alsó szemhéj hiánya esetén. Módszer: 2010. január 2020. december között 7 beteg esetében után végeztünk alsószemhéj-rekonstrukciót Fricke-le...