title: [Trends on anophthalmic socket repair in Brazil].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the most common approach to repair the anophthalmic socket in Brazil, and to compare the data with the trends in other countries.
  
  
  METHODS
  Exploratory study using electronic questionnaire sent by Internet to ophthalmologists members of the Brazilian Orbit and Oculoplastic Society (SBCPO). The received answers were analyzed by adhesion analysis, using Chi-square test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We received 75 answered questionnaires. Fifty-three per cent of the respondents frequently treat anophthalmic socket and use the 18 mm diameter polymethylmethacrylate sphere in the majority of the surgeries, mainly covered by sclera (92%). Only seven interviewees had used integrated implants with pegging procedure. Eighty-two per cent of the ophthalmologists use the dermolipid graft to reconstruct the anophthalmic socket. They also follow the patients bi-annually.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The treatment of anophthalmic socket in Brazil generally involve polymethylmethacrylate sphere with 18 mm diameter. Pegging procedure is uncommon between us.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Oftalmologia, Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho - UNESP, Botucatu, SP, Brasil. rlfsousa@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Roberta Lilian Fernandes de
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Sousa
authors.forename: Silvana Artioli
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Schellini
authors.forename: Denise de Cássia Moreira
authors.initials: Dde C
authors.lastname: Zornoff
authors.forename: Carlos Roberto
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Padovani
mesh_terms: D000853:Anophthalmos / Q000601:surgery*; D001938:Brazil; D015353:Eye Enucleation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017234:Eye Evisceration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery*; D020273:Orbital Implants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate