Volume Displacement Technique: Lower Lid Laxity in Anophthalmic Sockets

Case Report

J Ophthalmol & Vis Sci. 2016; 1(1): 1010.

Volume Displacement Technique: Lower Lid Laxity in Anophthalmic Sockets

Raizada K* and Raizada D

International Prosthetic Eye Center, Telangana, India

*Corresponding author: Raizada Kuldeep, International Prosthetic Eye Center, Telangana, India

Received: October 10, 2016; Accepted: November 09, 2016; Published: November 14, 2016

Abstract

Lower lid Laxity is a very common problem, among the prosthetic eye users, in the paper we explain various types of lid laxity and management by change the design of a custom ocular prosthesis can improve the lower lid laxity.

Keywords: Volume displacement technique; Lower lid sagging; Anophthalmic socket; Custom artificial eyes; Conformers; Entropion; Orbital implant

Abbreviations

PESS: Post Enucleation Socket Syndrome

Introduction

Loss of an eye, a disastrous condition that not only leads to loss of vision but also cause cosmetic blemish. These conditions include phthisis bulbi, atrophic bulbi, sightless deformed globe and an ophthalmic socket [1]. Enucleation and evisceration can be performed either placing or without placing an orbital implant. Final outlook depends on the symmetrical appearance with a prosthetic eye or a prosthetic shell (Figure 1).