title: Socket reconstruction with combined mucous membrane and hard palate mucosal grafts.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the use of combined mucous membrane and hard palate mucosal grafts in the reconstruction of contracted eye socket.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirteen eyes of 13 patients with contracted sockets underwent socket reconstructive surgery with combined mucosal membrane and hard palate mucosal grafts.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average follow-up period was 33 months. Five of 13 patients required additional surgery after initial socket reconstruction. However, all patients who underwent socket reconstruction with hard palate mucosal grafts were able to wear a cosmetically acceptable ocular prosthesis postoperatively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Combined mucosal membrane and hard palate mucosal grafts can be effectively used in the reconstruction of contracted sockets.
authors.affiliation: Division of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, UCSD Department of Ophthalmology, La Jolla, California, USA.
authors.forename: Alexander C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fedorovich
authors.forename: Grant W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Heinz
authors.forename: Don O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Kikkawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000853:Anophthalmos / Q000601:surgery*; D005137:Eye, Artificial; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000637:transplantation; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery*; D020273:Orbital Implants; D021362:Palate, Hard / Q000637:transplantation*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome