title: [Indigenous hydroxyapatite as a successful anophthalmic orbital implant].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the work was to improve the operative result of eye socket reconstruction after enucleation.
  
  
  METHODS
  The hydroxyapa tite implant of eyeball shape was buried in the scleral shell, which was stitched to the extraocular muscles at the points of muscle attachment so as to create a rotatable eye seat connector.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One hundred and two patients have received eye socket reconstruction of this method with improved results. The prosthetic eyes move freely. Follow-up for 6 to 38 months reveals that the results are stable and satisfactory.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The indigenous hydroxyapa tite implant is a good biomaterial for socket reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Ophthalmologic Department, 1st Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017886:Durapatite; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D005137:Eye, Artificial; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020273:Orbital Implants
chemical_list: D017886:Durapatite