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Advanced malignant melanomas of the uvea unsuited for an eye salvaging approach require enucleation of the tumor containing eye. A series of 68 patients is reported who underwent enucleation combined with insertion of a spherical dura-encased implant after 30 Gray pre-irridiation therapy of the orbit. Postoperative results with special attention to cosmetic outcome and motility of the prosthesis suggest that the insertion of an orbital implant should be preferred to the enucleation with no implant.
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Saßmannshausen, J., Bornfeld, N., Kluge, A. et al. Enucleation combined with orbital implants for malignant melanoma of the uvea. Int Ophthalmol 13, 243–251 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02280083
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