title: Evisceration: a new technique of trans-scleral implant placement.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a modification of the evisceration technique.
  
  
  METHODS
  Trans-scleral implant placement of a hydroxyapatite spherical implant.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-nine patients received implants ranging in diameter from 16 mm to 20 mm. Minor complications occurred in three patients. The functional and aesthetic result in all patients was excellent.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The described modified evisceration technique has advantages over standard evisceration techniques.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Tann
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Girkin
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D017886:Durapatite; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D017234:Eye Evisceration / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D020273:Orbital Implants; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D017886:Durapatite