Porous polyethylene implants in orbital floor reconstruction. 2007

I-Chan Lin, and Shu-Lang Liao, and Luke L K Lin
Department of Ophthalmology, Keelung Municipal Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan.

OBJECTIVE Various alloplastic materials are used in orbital wall reconstruction. This study investigated the outcome of patients treated with porous polyethylene sheet implants in the reconstruction of orbital floor fracture. METHODS Twenty-one patients who underwent orbital reconstructions using 0.85-mm porous polyethylene sheets for the repair of orbital floor fracture were included. A transconjunctival approach was used in all patients. The mean duration of postoperative follow-up was 29.7 +/- 12.3 months. Postoperatively, results and complications such as infection and implant extrusion were followed-up on the first day, the first week, monthly for the first 3 months and then every 3-6 months thereafter. RESULTS All 21 patients had symptomatic diplopia before surgery. The diplopia resolved in 14 patients and improved in seven patients within the first month after surgery. All patients except one were free from diplopia at follow-up periods exceeding 6 months. Preoperative enophthalmos resolved in four of seven patients and improved in three. None of the patients developed orbital infection, implant exposure or migration, worsening diplopia, infraorbital anesthesia or loss of vision during follow-up. CONCLUSIONS The study demonstrated that porous polyethylene implants in the repair of orbital wall fractures had good results with few complications.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009917 Orbital Fractures Fractures of the bones in the orbit, which include parts of the frontal, ethmoidal, lacrimal, and sphenoid bones and the maxilla and zygoma. Blow Out Fracture,Blow-Out Fractures,Fractures, Blow-Out,Orbital Fracture,Blow Out Fractures,Blow-Out Fracture,Fracture, Blow Out,Fracture, Blow-Out,Fracture, Orbital,Fractures, Blow Out,Fractures, Orbital,Out Fracture, Blow,Out Fractures, Blow
D011183 Postoperative Complications Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery. Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D001672 Biocompatible Materials Synthetic or natural materials, other than DRUGS, that are used to replace or repair any body TISSUES or bodily function. Biomaterials,Bioartificial Materials,Hemocompatible Materials,Bioartificial Material,Biocompatible Material,Biomaterial,Hemocompatible Material,Material, Bioartificial,Material, Biocompatible,Material, Hemocompatible
D016062 Porosity Condition of having pores or open spaces. This often refers to bones, bone implants, or bone cements, but can refer to the porous state of any solid substance. Porosities

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