tmrMay 5, 2021
Enucleation is an ocular surgery that results in removal of the eye, leaving the eye muscles and orbital content intact. The surgery is used to treat ocular tumor. Evisceration is a surgery involving removal of the iris, the cornea, and contents of the internal eye, leaving the sclera and the attached extraocular muscles intact.
Orbital implants are used to restore the visual appearance of the patient’s eyes distorted due to removal of the eye by enucleation and evisceration surgeries. Orbital implants are used by surgeons after removal of the eye to enhance the motility of ocular prosthesis and the eyelids and to restore the volume to the eye socket. These implants are available in various shapes and sizes. Orbital implants are classified into porous and non-porous implants.