PURPOSE Seprafilm is a hybrid product of carboxymethylcellulose and sodium hyaluronate that can act as an absorbable barrier to decrease the formation and severity of postoperative adhesions in abdominal, thoracic, and pelvic surgeries. The authors report their experience with use of Seprafilm in "trap door" orbital wall fracture repair. METHODS Retrospective case series of 4 consecutive pati...

BACKGROUND We present 6 cases of bacterial infection that developed after porous orbital implant surgery. CASES Five patients with hydroxyapatite implants showed lid swelling, discharge, and suppurative granuloma 14 days to 3 years after surgery. The hydroxyapatite implants were removed 14 days to 41 months postoperatively, and synthetic porous polyethylene orbital implants were inserted. Thi...

Two patients carrying an active subretinal implant with extra-ocular parts were examined by high-resolution CT. Cranial scans were acquired in the primary position and in eight additional directions of gaze with eyes open and closed to demonstrate the mobility of the eyeball and the implant within the orbital cavity. Three-dimensional images were constructed to visualise the path of the implant...

background: some types of implants used for orbital implantation have side effects and complications. in this study we have evaluated beta-tricalcium phosphate (ß-tcp: chronos) granules as an orbital implant.   methods: eighteen rabbits randomly allocated to four groups. right eye enucleation performed in groups i to iii followed by filling with autologous bone particles (n=5), a mixture of aut...

Objective. This study aimed to define CBCT as a technique for postimplantation in vivo examination of porous hydroxyapatite and aluminium-oxide orbital implant shape, volume and density changes. Methods and Materials. CBCT was used to evaluate 30 enucleated patients treated with spherical polyglactin 910 wrapped hydroxyapatite and aluminum-oxide orbital implants. The mean duration of patient fo...

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...

INTRODUCTION This study reports our results relating to palpebral eyelid fissure and orbital measurements following evisceration with orbital implantation of hydroxyapatite integrated implant and PMMA implant. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study is a prospective study of 43 patients that underwent evisceration for different ocular affections at University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Ophthalmol...

THE diversity of types of orbital implants suggests that the ideal one is still to be found. In the present stage of our knowledge it appears that the best retained are those which are completely buried. On the other hand the movements of the artificial eye are more natural if there is direct contact between implant and prosthesis. Work on the implant described below was begun in 1953 at the Co...