title: Reconstruction of the contracted ocular socket with free full-thickness mucosa graft.
abstract: Patients who have undergone enucleation of the eye can be treated with glass eye prostheses, provided retention is adequate. Inadequate retention due to contraction of the conjunctival mucosa is a common problem which frequently affects the lower fornix first. This can be corrected using a free full-thickness buccal mucosa graft. Indications, operative procedures and postoperative results are presented.
authors.affiliation: Berlin Center of Facial Prostheses, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Charité, Medical Faculty of the Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Menneking
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003286:Contracture / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D015353:Eye Enucleation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005137:Eye, Artificial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000637:transplantation*; D017755:Prosthesis Fitting; D016896:Treatment Outcome