[Surgical treatment of congenital anophthalmia]

To investigates the surgical treatment for congenital anophthalmia.

The operation was performed in two steps. At first, the orbit was enlarged and the tarsus was reconstructed with cartilage transplantation. At the second step, blepharoptosis was corrected with levator shortening or frontalis muscle suspension.

Five cases have been treated successfully with this method and satisfactory results were obtained.

Orbit amplification and tarsus reconstruction along with ptosis correction is an effective treatment for anophthalmia both aesthetically and functionally.