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Management of the Anophthalmic Socket

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The rehabilitation with prosthetic eyes is decisive after removal of an eye, since the eyes and the periocular region are crucial for interpersonal communication. Integrated care provided by a multidisciplinary team including ocularists and ophthalmologists is recommended for these patients. Clinical socket evaluation should focus on the dry anophthalmic socket syndrome (DASS), chronic socket infection, socket cysts, socket granulomas, and socket melanosis. For contracted sockets, a non-surgical compressor treatment should be applied as first-line therapy to form stable fornices and allow adequate prosthesis fitting.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

    Ludwig M. Heindl

  2. Ocularistica Italiana, Rome, Italy

    Alessandra Modugno

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

    Leonard Holbach

  4. Orbital Centre, Department of Ophthalmology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Dyonne T. Hartong

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  2. Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK

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  3. Rotterdam Eye Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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Heindl, L.M., Modugno, A., Holbach, L., Hartong, D.T. (2024). Management of the Anophthalmic Socket. In: Quaranta Leoni, F.M., Verity, D.H., Paridaens, D. (eds) Oculoplastic, Lacrimal and Orbital Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39638-0_3

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