title: Long-term surgical outcomes of porous polyethylene orbital implants: a review of 314 cases.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study reports on the long-term surgical outcomes after the insertion of porous Medpor orbital implants into anophthalmic sockets.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective chart review of 314 eyes from 314 patients who underwent evisceration, enucleation and secondary procedures using Medpor orbital implants was completed focusing on implant-associated complications and their corrective methods as surgical outcomes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean follow-up was 50 months (range 6-107 months). The most common complication was blepharoptosis (n=33, 10.5%). Other postoperative complications were exposure (n=14, 4.5%) and implant infection (n=3, 1%). The complications were successfully managed by surgical repair and/or conservative care.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Using Medpor resulted in similar surgical outcomes, in terms of the types and frequencies of complications, as other kinds of porous orbital implants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Seoul St Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Su-Kyung
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Won-Kyung
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Ji-Sun
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Paik
authors.forename: Suk-Woo
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D017234:Eye Evisceration; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020273:Orbital Implants; D020959:Polyethylene; D016062:Porosity; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D020959:Polyethylene
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