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Evisceration techniques
1Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Diego.
Advances in Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
|January 1, 1987
Abstract:
Evisceration is the removal of the intraocular contents of the globe. I favor evisceration with retention of the cornea when at all possible. Surgical techniques for evisceration with and without keratectomy are discussed. A promising new implant material, hydroxyapatite, is described. The outstanding advantage of this material is its transformation into "living tissue." Although extremely rare, evisceration can be associated with postoperative sympathetic ophthalmia in the remaining eye.