title: Standardized range of conformers and symblepharon rings.
abstract: Conformers and symblepharon rings are routinely used to keep fornices formed after socket surgery or in the presence of conjunctival cicatricial disease. However, there is no accepted standard size or shape of conformers or symblepharon rings. We measured the ideal conformer and symblepharon sizes in patients undergoing socket surgery and designed six conformer and symblepharon sizes. The full set of six conformers and symblepharon rings is available to the surgeon at the end of surgery. We have successfully used these conformers and symblepharon rings in over 600 cases during the last 7 years. These standardized sizes allow more accurate fitting of conformers and symblepharon rings.
authors.affiliation: Division of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Sapp
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Collin
mesh_terms: D015353:Eye Enucleation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017234:Eye Evisceration / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery*; D010969:Plastics; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000592:standards*; D017755:Prosthesis Fitting
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics