title: Surgical reconstruction of a difficult orbital cleft.
abstract: The natural history of an untreated coloboma with an orbital cleft in a 14-year-old girl is presented. The method of the surgical reconstruction of this defect is presented in detail: in a single operation the bony cleft was repaired and grafted, the globe was enucleated, and the lids and sockets were reconstituted.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, California 94305.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Vistnes
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Sergott
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003103:Coloboma / Q000601:surgery*; D005137:Eye, Artificial; D005143:Eyelids / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009915:Orbit / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods