[Rehabilitation of patients with unilateral congenital microphthalmos]

The purpose of the present study was to develop a surgical treatment for congenital microphthalmos, by using the biomaterial Alloplant that causes an increase in eyeball sizes. There were 48 cases of unilateral congenital microphthalmos prior to surgery. The patients' age ranged from 2 to 14 years; the duration of follow-ups was 1 to 6 years. Data processing by parametric variance analysis indicated that there was an increase in the mean sizes of the anteroposterior and transverse axes (APA and TA) of the eye 2-3 years following surgery. With the use of the authors' method, the conjunctival cavity is not deformed and, on the contrary, after surgery it acquires a regular slit-like shape with vaults of sufficient depth, which upgrades the quality of prosthetic repair in future. The increases in the sizes (APA and TA) and volume of the eyeball not only just after surgery, but also in the late periods (up to 2-3 years) suggest that the developed operation using the biomaterial Alloplant triggers the mechanism of coordinated eyeball growth.