Biomaterial Database

[Congenital microphthalmos. Orbital and palpebral expansion]. 1991

M Ghestem, and F Guilbert, and S Dhellemmes-Defoort, and P Pellerin

Service de Chirurgie Plastique Reconstructive, Centre des Brûlés.

Ocular atrophy in prime infancy leads to lack of orbital growth. Current treatment of plastic surgery in severe deformities is unsatisfactory, whereas tissue expanding techniques using intraorbital balloon are effective on orbital cavity growth. This procedure makes use of conjunctival shells or aesthetic ocular prosthesis easier, and allows an improved reconstruction. Description of implants and surgical technique of insertion used.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D008850	Microphthalmos	Congenital or developmental anomaly in which the eyeballs are abnormally small.	Microphthalmia
D009915	Orbit	Bony cavity that holds the eyeball and its associated tissues and appendages.	Eye Socket,Eye Sockets,Orbits,Socket, Eye,Sockets, Eye
D010027	Osteotomy	The surgical cutting of a bone. (Dorland, 28th ed)	Osteotomies
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
D005143	Eyelids	Each of the upper and lower folds of SKIN which cover the EYE when closed.	Eyelid
D005500	Follow-Up Studies	Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.	Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D015626	Tissue Expansion	A procedure whereby the body is stimulated to generate extra soft tissue by the application of stretching forces that stimulate new growth of tissue which, over a period of time, results in a 2-dimensional expansion of the tissue. The procedure is used in reconstructive surgery for injuries caused by trauma, burns, or ablative surgery. Various types of TISSUE EXPANSION DEVICES have been developed that exert stretching forces.	Expansion, Tissue,Expansions, Tissue,Tissue Expansions