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This chapter presents our experience gained with management and reconstruction of the periocular region in a large number of warfare injuries during the ongoing war in Iraq and Syria. Most cases dealt with were subject to high-velocity projectiles and had devastating functional and esthetic consequences. The eye globes were either phthisical or evacuated at the combat zone without any orbital volume replacement. The patients presented to our center late with a delay of at least 2–3 weeks and had varying degrees of canthal dystopias, eyelid defects, and socket abnormalities. The major aim was to reposition the canthal angles, and recreate an eyelid with an adequate fornix to enable the patient to be fit with an ocular prosthesis.
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Maluf, R., Maluf, R. (2017). Reconstruction of Periocular War Injuries. In: Abu-Sittah, G., Hoballah, J., Bakhach, J. (eds) Reconstructing the War Injured Patient. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56887-4_5
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