Journal List > Ewha Med J > v.19(3) > 1083287

TOOLS
Kim: Clinical Experience of the Secondary Hydroxyapatite Orbital Implant
Original Article

The Ewha Medical Journal 1996; 19(3): 343-348.

Published online: 24 July 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1996.19.3.343

Clinical Experience of the Secondary Hydroxyapatite Orbital Implant

Myung Hee Kim

Department of Ophthalmology, Ewha Medical Research Center, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Korea.

Copyright © 1996. Ewha Womans University School of Medicine

(open-access):

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

During the course of fitting prosthesis, several complications including anophthalmic enophthalmos, anophthalmic ptosis, extrusion or migration of implant and socket contracture could develop.
The hydroxyapatite sphere has been used to be a biocompatible implant after enucleation of evisceration surgery because the hydroxyapatite has been good fibrovascular ingrouwth, few postoperative complications, excellent prosthesis motility and good cosmesis.
The author used the hydroxyapatite as a secondary orbital implant in 19 eyes of anophthalmic socket patients. Good extra-ocular muscle motility & volume reconstruction after secondary hydroxyapatite implantation with retaining of peg were obtained.
Average follow-up period was 8 months ranged from 6 to 27 months.
As complications, 3 cases of wound disruption, 2 cases of loss of lower cul-de-sac were encountered.
The hydroxyapatite is suggested to be a good biocompatible implant for anophthalmic socket patients.

Keywords: Anophthalmos, Secondary hydroxyapatite implant, EOM motility

TOOLS
Similar articles