[Anophthalmic cavity and implant extrusion].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the characteristics of patients with anophthalmic cavity who developed sphere extrusion.


METHODS
A retrospective observational study was done evaluating 37 patients with anophthalmic cavity and sphere extrusion at the "Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu-UNESP".


RESULTS
Extrusion was observed in enucleated and eviscerated cavities. The majority of the patients had the eye removed because of phthisis bulbi or trauma and the extrusion happened 1 or 2 years after the surgery. Extrusion was preceded by conjunctival dehiscence and exposure of the sphere and occurred with all used implants.


CONCLUSIONS
Complications after orbital implant placement are a possibility. Dehiscence and sphere extrusion may happen and another surgery would be necessary. The patient and the ophthalmologist have to be prepared for this.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015353:Eye Enucleation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017234:Eye Evisceration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D020273:Orbital Implants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011108:Polymers; D012086:Reoperation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000150:complications; D013997:Time Factors
D011108:Polymers
Extrusão dos implantes em portadores de cavidade anoftálmica.