[Clinical application of a new mobile integrated orbital implant].
OBJECTIVE
To improve the socket reconstruction after enucleation.


METHODS
Hydroxyapatite (HA, made in China) was made into a porous HA sphere and wrapped up in the scleral shell as a mobile integrated orbital implant. It was applied to 43 patients with enucleation and anophthalmia, The surgical technique is described.


RESULTS
All sockets have been corrected very well and the prosthetic mobility and the cosmetic appearance are excellent. After a follow-up of 6 to 24 months, no migration or extrusion of the implant or infection occurred.


CONCLUSIONS
It is considered that at present this new mobile integrated orbital implant is made of one of the best materials and this method of socket reconstruction is one of the best method for selection.
Chen
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Ophthalmology Department, First Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchan.
Yi
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Liao
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017886:Durapatite / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D005137:Eye, Artificial; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D017886:Durapatite