Medpor(r) Enophthalmos Wedge Implants in Enophthalmos Correction.
- Author:
Byoung Jin KIM
1
;
Yoon Duck KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, School of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Anophthalmos;
Enophthalmos;
Medpor(r) enophthalmos wedge implant;
Orbital fractures
- MeSH:
Anophthalmos;
Diplopia;
Enophthalmos*;
Female;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Male;
Orbital Fractures
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2002;43(9):1559-1569
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: We assessed the effect of Medpor(r) enophthalmos wedge implant on the correction enophthalmos. METHODS: Authors operated on 12 patients with enophthalmos using Medpor(r) enophthalmos wedge implant. RESULTS: Among 12 cases, 5 were men and 7 were women. Average age was 37.2 years. Average followup period was 8.1 months. There were posttraumatic enophthalmos in 8 patients and anophthalmic enophthalmos in 4 patients. We used 27 implants to correct enophthalmos (mean 2.3 implants). Among 8 orbital fracture cases, ocular motility disturbance and diplopia were improved in 7 cases. The amount of enophthalmos corrected was between 1 and 5 mm (mean 3.1 mm). We experienced improvement of inferior dystopia (mean 2.1 mm) in 11 cases and medial dystopia (mean 0.8 mm) in 5 cases. There was no case of visual loss, implant infection, migration, or exposure. CONCLUSIONS: Our results showed that Medpor(r) enophthalmos wedge implant effectively corrected enophthalmos without significant complications.
