title: The universal implant for evisceration surgery.
abstract: The Universal implant is a quasi-integrated buried orbital implant designed to provide the same motility advantages as does an Iowa implant, but is simpler to implant and associated with fewer complications. The protruding mounds on the implant are keyed to corresponding indentations on the posterior prosthetic surface, allowing more life-like motility. We describe a straight-forward technique for its use as an evisceration implant and report the results in 24 patients. The Universal implant is simple to use and the lock-and-key mechanism obtained between implant and prosthesis provides the patient with a high degree of life-like motility. Its cost is significantly lower than the more popular hydroxyapatite implant and it does not require a drilling procedure for coupling.
authors.affiliation: University of Ottawa Eye Institute, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017234:Eye Evisceration / Q000379:methods*; D005137:Eye, Artificial / Q000592:standards; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012189:Retrospective Studies