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Anophthalmia |
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Absence of the eyeball |
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Adnexa (Ocular adnexa) |
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Tissues surrounding (the eye i.e. the eyelids, canthi,
and lacrimal apparatus) |
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Alginate |
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Powdery product that solidifies within a minute after
mixing with water to make a paste. |
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Bio
integrated orbital implant |
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Orbital Implant that is allows body tissues to grow inside
due to its porous nature |
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Canthus (Plural: Canthi) |
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Angle where upper and lower eyelids meet |
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Conformer |
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A concave plastic piece that is inserted following enucleation
or evisceration or socket reconstruction surgery to retain
the fornices. It has draining holes that do not allow
pooling of secretion behind |
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Custom
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Designed
for the individual |
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Congenital
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Present since birth |
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Cornea |
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The clear convex
portion of the eyeball |
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Dermis
Fat Graft |
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Tissue containing
Dermis (a layer of skin) and Fat (adipose tissue) that
is removed from one part of the body (usually buttock)
to augment volume and add surface to the contracted socket. |
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Enucleation |
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Surgical procedure
to remove the eyeball as done in cases of cancer of eye
or badly damaged eye in trauma. |
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Evisceration |
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Surgical procedure
to remove the inner contents of the eyeball and cornea
leaving the outer coat of sclera. |
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Extrusion |
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Exposure of the
inner structure/implant due to necrosis of overlying tissue. |
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Fornix
(Plural: Fornices) |
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The peripheral
space in the eye socket behind the eyelids. |
