title: ["On the table evisceration": Technical note].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Evisceration consists in removal of the orbital content whilst preserving the sclera. It allows for good esthetic results after fitting of an eye prosthesis.
  
  
  METHODS
  The "on the table" evisceration technique consists in 3 operative steps: (1) removal of the eyeball after optic nerve section (enucleation); (2) removal of the content of the globe on the operating table (evisceration) and (3) implantation in the orbital cavity of a hydroxyapatite orbital implant wrapped into the sclera in order to keep the orbital volume.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Evisceration is indicated in blind, painful and unaesthetic eyes that cannot be preserved. The "on the table" evisceration technique is an easy procedure allowing for a good volume restauration and for supporting a mobile eye prosthesis thanks to the placement of a hydroxyapatite orbital implant wrapped into the patient's own sclera and to muscular re-insertion.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie maxillo-faciale, CHU Nord, chemin des Bourrely, 13015 Marseille, France. Electronic address: lna_guigue@hotmail.fr.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guigue Benayoun
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie maxillo-faciale, CHU Nord, chemin des Bourrely, 13015 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Foletti
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie maxillo-faciale, CHU Nord, chemin des Bourrely, 13015 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guyot
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D007902:Length of Stay; D017233:Orbit Evisceration / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D020273:Orbital Implants; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D012590:Sclera / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D057188:Workflow
keywords: Eye enucleation; Eye evisceration; Implant orbitaire; Orbit; Orbital implant; Orbite; Prothèse orbitaire; Énucléation; Éviscération