Oculoplastics News

For patients with painful or cosmetically unacceptable blind eyes and uncontrolled endophthalmitis, evisceration with scleral quadrisection and alloplastic sphere implantation is a less involved alternative procedure to enucleation, a study found.

Uveal melanoma was linked in a meta-analysis to cutaneous nevi, iris nevi and cutaneous freckles.

While multiple factors contribute to the normalization of the conjunctival flora after dacryocystorhinostomy, the presence of a silicone tube increased the time by a significant number of weeks.

Unsutured orbital fracture repair yielded a low incidence of postoperative complications and showed promise for transconjunctival repair of isolated orbital floor and complex orbital fractures.

PHILADELPHIA — Meshed full-thickness skin grafts in the periorbital region proved comparable to unmeshed grafts, according to a clinician.

Ophthalmologists are finding more baby boomers in their offices who are looking for more aesthetic surgical procedures, including Botox and dermal fillers. And while oculoloplastic surgeons are similarly expanding their scope of practice beyond the eyes, the distinction between the two specialties has blurred.

All pterygium specimens should be submitted for histopathologic examination to identify any associated ocular surface squamous neoplasia at an early stage.

Aesthetic surgery has seen significant growth over the past decade, both in number of patients treated and number of products offered.

Ophthalmologists draw their own line for best patient care Yes, a line should be drawn. Oculofacial plastic surgeons have already drawn the line and will continue to do so. But the line we draw is not an arbitrary landmark on the face or a restriction to surgery on particular segments of the human body. The line we draw is to always maintain the highest regard for our patients, to strive to achieve the safest and best outcomes for our patients.

Despite showing some complication risks, a porous aluminum oxide orbital implant had an exposure rate of less than 8% and proved durable, safe and highly biocompatible compared with acrylic orbital implants.