Management of porous polyethylene implant exposure in patients with retinoblastoma following enucleation. 2004

Jong-Hyun Kim, and Sang-In Khwarg, and Ho Kyung Choung, and Young Suk Yu
Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

OBJECTIVE To report the features and the management of porous polyethylene implant exposure in patients with retinoblastoma following enucleation. METHODS The medical records of 33 patients (33 sockets) following enucleation and porous polyethylene implantation for retinoblastoma were reviewed. RESULTS The mean age at enucleation was 24 months (range, 2 to 85 months). The exposure rate was 33% (11 cases), and the mean time from enucleation to exposure was 15 months (range, 7 to 29 months). One case was resolved only by supportive management, and the remaining 10 were successfully treated with a scleral patch graft and maintained well during a mean follow-up of 15 months after surgical repair. There was no statistical evidence that age, gender, implant size, or chemotherapy had an effect on implant exposure. CONCLUSIONS Porous polyethylene implant exposure does not seem to be resolved by conservative management. We recommend early surgical management, such as scleral patch graft, as opposed to supportive management.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D008297 Male Males
D009916 Orbital Diseases Diseases of the bony orbit and contents except the eyeball. Disease, Orbital,Diseases, Orbital,Orbital Disease
D011475 Prosthesis Failure Malfunction of implantation shunts, valves, etc., and prosthesis loosening, migration, and breaking. Prosthesis Loosening,Prosthesis Durability,Prosthesis Migration,Prosthesis Survival,Durabilities, Prosthesis,Durability, Prosthesis,Failure, Prosthesis,Failures, Prosthesis,Loosening, Prosthesis,Loosenings, Prosthesis,Migration, Prosthesis,Migrations, Prosthesis,Prosthesis Durabilities,Prosthesis Failures,Prosthesis Loosenings,Prosthesis Migrations,Prosthesis Survivals,Survival, Prosthesis,Survivals, Prosthesis
D012008 Recurrence The return of a sign, symptom, or disease after a remission. Recrudescence,Relapse,Recrudescences,Recurrences,Relapses
D012086 Reoperation A repeat operation for the same condition in the same patient due to disease progression or recurrence, or as followup to failed previous surgery. Revision, Joint,Revision, Surgical,Surgery, Repeat,Surgical Revision,Repeat Surgery,Revision Surgery,Joint Revision,Revision Surgeries,Surgery, Revision
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005260 Female Females
D005548 Foreign-Body Migration Migration of a foreign body from its original location to some other location in the body. Foreign Body Migration,Foreign-Body Migrations,Migration, Foreign-Body,Migrations, Foreign-Body

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