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Enucleation with unwrapped porous polyethylene (Medpor) orbital implants: a 6-year experience
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Veröffentlicht: | 18. September 2006 |
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Objective
To examine the incidence of orbital complications in patients who underwent primary placement of a porous polyethylene implant (Medpor) after enucleation.
Methods
Retrospective analysis of a series of 38 patients who received unwreapped porous spherical implant with direct suturing of rectus muscles on the implant in the last six years.
Results
The mean age at the time of enucleation was 51,3 years (range 19 to 77 years). Mean follow-up duration in this study was 31,8 months (4 – 64 months). During this period there was no case of orbital celullitis, implant extrusion or significant inflamatory response. In one patient (2,6%) surgical revision was necessary eighteen months after enucleation, because of small exposition of implant after change of ocular prosthesis.
Conclusions
The unwrapped porous polyethylene orbital implants (Medpor) appear to be well tolerated by all age groups with no major complication in primary implantation after enucleation.