Rigid nylon foil-anchored polytetrafluoroetyhlene (Gore-Tex) sheet stenting for conjunctival fornix reconstruction.

摘要: Purpose To describe an operative technique that deepens foreshortened conjunctival fornices by providing a scaffold for epithelialization opposes contractile forces during wound healing. Design Retrospective interventional case series. Participants Seventeen patients with anophthalmic sockets containing fornices. Methods Conjunctival was reconstructed stents of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (e-PTFE) sheet draped over rigid, 0.8-mm thick-nylon strips were anchored to the orbital rim. Preoperative and postoperative symptoms, prosthesis retention, fornix depth, lagophthalmos assessed. Main Outcome Measures Prosthesis lagophthalmos. Results All 17 had preoperative inability retain their prosthesis. After follow-up 47±43 months, retention improved in all entirely satisfactory 15 (88%) patients. reconstruction, repaired deep 7 (41%) patients, adequate 9 (53%), shallow 1 (6%). Lagophthalmos remained unchanged 2 (12%). The superior concurrently inferior 6 In these (3 patients; 50%) or (2; 33%). (17%) patient, it shallow. Conclusions Rigid, nylon foil-anchored e-PTFE stenting contracture, improving It does not require additional surgical site graft harvesting. Financial Disclosure(s) authors have no proprietary commercial interest any materials discussed this article.