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Polytetrafluoroethylene as a wrapping material for a hydroxyapatite orbital implant
1Department of Ophthalmology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
|August 3, 2000
Abstract
Purpose:
Porous coralline hydroxyapatite orbital implants have been used with great success in anophthalmic sockets. We used a substitute for donor sclera as a wrapping tissue.
Methods:
Orbital implants were wrapped with polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) instead of homologous donor tissue in five patients after enucleation.
Results:
The postoperative course was uneventful in three cases. Complications occurred in two cases: one with implant exposure, and one with severe implant infection leading to its eventual removal.
Conclusions:
PTFE is inferior to other wrapping tissue.