title: Anophthalmic socket: choice of orbital implants for reconstruction.
abstract: This literature review considers the treatment of an anophthalmic socket and the controversial aspects of the implants used to restore the lost volume after enucleation or evisceration, including the different materials employed and the main problems encountered during anophthalmic socket reconstruction. Since the 1980s, when integrated implants were proposed, there has been much controversy about what is the best implant for restoring the lost volume in an anophthalmic socket: integrated or non-integrated implants. Thus, we present this literature review to provide guidance to doctors and consumers.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de São Paulo, Botucatu, SP, BR.
authors.forename: Silvana Artioli
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Schellini
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de São Paulo, Botucatu, SP, BR.
authors.forename: Regina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: El Dib
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, BR.
authors.forename: Roberto Murillo
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Limongi
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, BR.
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mörschbächer
mesh_terms: D000853:Anophthalmos / Q000145:classification / Q000601:surgery*; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D017234:Eye Evisceration; D006801:Humans; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery*; D020273:Orbital Implants