title: Study of dimensional alterations of the orbit following loss of the eye.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to assess the dimensional alterations in the anterior region of the orbit after enucleation or evisceration.
  
  
  METHODS
  Analysis of orbital areas and perimeters of 17 patients with unilateral removal of the ocular bulb was performed, and posteroanterior radiographic examination was carried out by a single specialist, who had been previously calibrated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data obtained from measurements confirmed the clinically observed facial asymmetry.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The observation of asymmetry in the anterior orbital area, confirmed by our results, indicates early treatment to prevent orbital disturbances and will aid in the planning of prosthetic rehabilitation.
authors.affiliation: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Conjunto Hospitalar do Mandaqui, São Paulo, Brazil. bgaia@usp.br
authors.forename: Bruno Felipe
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Gaia
authors.forename: Cheong Kuo
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Lineu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Perrone
authors.forename: Maria Cecília Montagna
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.forename: Beatriz Silva Câmara
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Mattos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002508:Cephalometry; D015353:Eye Enucleation / Q000534:rehabilitation; D017234:Eye Evisceration / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D009915:Orbit / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors