title: Role of temporalis musculofascial transposition for obliteration of the exenterated orbit.
abstract: An exenterated orbit left as such tends to encrust, become odorous and remains a potential source of infection besides looking unsightly. To overcome these problems we transposed the temporalis musculofascial complex through a lateral orbitotomy for primary and secondary oblit-eration of the orbit in two cases each. In each patient the orbit was exenterated to ablate a neoplasm. In all cases the procedure yielded a problem-free orbit with good cosmesis. The temporalis musculofascial transposition complex is a simple means of obliterating the orbit particularly in the Indian context wherein prosthetic orbital devices are often unavailable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head - Neck Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Tandon
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bahadur
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bhargava
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thakar