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Orbital implant exposure treatment with porcine dermal collagen patching
A Alwitry1, S J Burns, L C Abercrombie
1Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Centre, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom. AmarAlwitry@aol.com
Purpose:
To present a small case series of orbital implant exposures treated with porcine dermal collagen (Permacol, Tissue Science Laboratories PLC, Aldershot, Hants, UK) patching.
Methods:
A retrospective chart review of three cases of orbital implant exposure treated with Permacol patching.
Results:
Three cases were identified. There were 4 operative episodes of Permacol patching (one socket had two attempts at permacol patching). In all 4 cases the patch rapidly failed and melted away leaving behind the orbital implant exposure. All 3 patients required implant removal.
Conclusions:
Orbital implant exposure remains a major long-term complication of evisceration and enucleation procedures. On the basis of our experience, we would not recommend using Permacol as a non-autologous material for covering exposed Medpor (Medpor, Porex Surgical, Atlanta, Georgia, USA) orbital implants. Further study is required to fully assess the safety and efficacy profile of Permacol in socket surgery.
