Eye Socket Regeneration and Reconstruction.

Eye Socket Regeneration and Reconstruction. Curr Eye Res. 2020 Jan 08;: Authors: Borrelli M, Geerling G, Spaniol K, Witt J Abstract When an eye has become irreversibly blind or painful it is removed by enucleation or evisceration. The resulting anophthalmic socket usually receives a volume replacing implant and is subsequently fitted with a prosthetic shell for adequate cosmesis. Trauma, tumour or immunological pathomechanisms can result in loss of bone, orbital soft tissue volume, conjunctival contraction or implant exposure and make wearing a prosthesis impossible. In this situation as well as in numerous diseases limited to the conjunctiva (e.g. Pterygium, or cicatrizing conjunctivitis) strategies to substitute the lost tissue are required. This review describes the established and proposed surgical techniques, substitute tissues and materials to restore adequate conjunctival lining or orbital volume. PMID: 31910675 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Eye Research - Category: Opthalmology Authors: Tags: Curr Eye Res Source Type: research