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[One-stage correction of the contracted eye socket and orbitozygomatic hypoplasia]
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai Ninth Hospital, Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai 200011, PR China.
Objective:
In order to simultaneous correct the contracted eye socket and orbitozygomatic hypoplasia that caused by early ophthalmectomy and radiotherapy.
Methods:
The one-stage surgical procedure for eye socket reconstruction and bone graft coverage included rotation of a postauricular skin flap and a temporal fascial flap. Hydroxyapatite implant was inserted as an onlay bone graft substitute to enlarge the orbitozygomatic region.
Results:
In 16 cases using this method, the results were satisfactory and encouraging with minor complications.
Conclusion:
This procedure is effective for radiated complex deformities in paraorbit and eye socket.