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Imaging After Oculoplastic Surgery

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Ophthalmic plastic surgery encompasses a wide variety of procedures involving the ocular adnexa, including the eyelids and periorbital soft tissues, the orbital space and its contents, the bony orbital walls, and the nasolacrimal drainage system. Goals of surgery are not only to correct the problem but to maintain the cosmesis and functionality of this important facial region. Many of these procedures involve the use of grafts and implants, which are often apparent on CT and MRI. While the postoperative findings may be encountered incidentally on radiological imaging, diagnostic radiology serves an important role in excluding or evaluating potential postoperative complications. The spectrum of non-oncological oculoplastic surgeries and corresponding expected and complicated results on imaging are reviewed in the subsequent sections. Oncological cases are discussed in a dedicated chapter.

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Ginat, D.T., Moonis, G., Freitag, S.K. (2015). Imaging After Oculoplastic Surgery. In: Ginat, D., Freitag, S. (eds) Post-treatment Imaging of the Orbit. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44023-0_5

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