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ENUCLEATION IN MALIGNANT CHOROIDAL MELANOMA - results in 15 years of using a new material in the prosthesis of the orbital cavity
Rationale: Enucleation implants are covered with a material that allows the fixation of the extraocular rectus muscles. Usually, the implants are covered in donor sclera, which implies the risk of infection transmission, inflammation and implant rejection, being also an expensive procedure. The new...
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2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3391888/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22802888 |
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description | Rationale: Enucleation implants are covered with a material that allows the fixation of the extraocular rectus muscles. Usually, the implants are covered in donor sclera, which implies the risk of infection transmission, inflammation and implant rejection, being also an expensive procedure. The new materials used for implant meshing should be tested and a safer and cost effective solution should be researched. Objective: This study presents the results obtained after a 15-year use of an original prosthesis for the reconstruction of the orbital cavity after enucleation surgery. Methods and results: 42 eyes of 42 patients who underwent enucleation surgery for choroidal malignant melanoma were included in the study. The surgical technique was very similar to the classic enucleation, the major difference being the implant of a prosthesis made out of a Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) ball covered by a Polyethylene terephthalate (dacron) shell used in cardiovascular surgery. All the patients had a very good technical result, without the inflammation of the orbital cavity, conjunctiva or eyelids, which demonstrates a very high material tolerability and an excellent cosmetic result. Late implant expulsion appeared in 7.14% of the patients (3 cases). Discussion: The particularly good results obtained by using this technique, the absence of an inflammatory reaction after surgery, and the long lasting stability of the implant, recommend the method as being safe, with no major complications and a good esthetic result. AbbreviationsPolymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), Malignant choroidal melanoma (CMM) |
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spelling | pubmed-33918882012-08-12 ENUCLEATION IN MALIGNANT CHOROIDAL MELANOMA - results in 15 years of using a new material in the prosthesis of the orbital cavity Tataru, CP Pop, MD J Med Life Case Presentation Rationale: Enucleation implants are covered with a material that allows the fixation of the extraocular rectus muscles. Usually, the implants are covered in donor sclera, which implies the risk of infection transmission, inflammation and implant rejection, being also an expensive procedure. The new materials used for implant meshing should be tested and a safer and cost effective solution should be researched. Objective: This study presents the results obtained after a 15-year use of an original prosthesis for the reconstruction of the orbital cavity after enucleation surgery. Methods and results: 42 eyes of 42 patients who underwent enucleation surgery for choroidal malignant melanoma were included in the study. The surgical technique was very similar to the classic enucleation, the major difference being the implant of a prosthesis made out of a Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) ball covered by a Polyethylene terephthalate (dacron) shell used in cardiovascular surgery. All the patients had a very good technical result, without the inflammation of the orbital cavity, conjunctiva or eyelids, which demonstrates a very high material tolerability and an excellent cosmetic result. Late implant expulsion appeared in 7.14% of the patients (3 cases). Discussion: The particularly good results obtained by using this technique, the absence of an inflammatory reaction after surgery, and the long lasting stability of the implant, recommend the method as being safe, with no major complications and a good esthetic result. AbbreviationsPolymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), Malignant choroidal melanoma (CMM) Carol Davila University Press 2012-06-12 2012-06-18 /pmc/articles/PMC3391888/ /pubmed/22802888 Text en ©Carol Davila University Press http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Presentation Tataru, CP Pop, MD ENUCLEATION IN MALIGNANT CHOROIDAL MELANOMA - results in 15 years of using a new material in the prosthesis of the orbital cavity |
title | ENUCLEATION IN MALIGNANT CHOROIDAL MELANOMA - results in
15 years of using a new material in the prosthesis of the orbital cavity
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title_full | ENUCLEATION IN MALIGNANT CHOROIDAL MELANOMA - results in
15 years of using a new material in the prosthesis of the orbital cavity
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title_fullStr | ENUCLEATION IN MALIGNANT CHOROIDAL MELANOMA - results in
15 years of using a new material in the prosthesis of the orbital cavity
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title_full_unstemmed | ENUCLEATION IN MALIGNANT CHOROIDAL MELANOMA - results in
15 years of using a new material in the prosthesis of the orbital cavity
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title_short | ENUCLEATION IN MALIGNANT CHOROIDAL MELANOMA - results in
15 years of using a new material in the prosthesis of the orbital cavity
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title_sort | enucleation in malignant choroidal melanoma - results in
15 years of using a new material in the prosthesis of the orbital cavity |
topic | Case Presentation |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3391888/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22802888 |
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