TY - JOUR
T1 - The smooth surface tunnel porous polyethylene enucleation implant
AU - Woog, John J.
AU - Dresner, Steven C.
AU - Lee, Tae Soo
AU - Kim, Yoon Duck
AU - Hartstein, Morris E.
AU - Shore, John W.
AU - Neuhaus, Russell W.
AU - Kaltreider, Sara A.
AU - Migliori, Michael E.
AU - Mandeville, John T.H.
AU - Roh, Joo Heon
AU - Amato, Malena M.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To describe early clinical results with the porous polyethylene smooth surface tunnel (SST) enucleation implant. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Uncontrolled, prospective interventional case series of patients undergoing enucleation with placement of the SST implant. This implant consists of a porous polyethylene sphere with a smooth anterior surface containing pre-drilled tunnels to facilitate direct suturing of the rectus muscles to the implant without use of an implant wrap. Postoperatively, socket healing was assessed, and prosthesis and socket motility were evaluated by the surgeon using an ordinal scale (0 = no motility to 4 = excellent motility). RESULTS: Thirty patients received the SST implant, with a mean follow-up of more than 23 months. Two cases of exposure occurred and were managed surgically without the need for explantation. Mean socket motility was 3.1 on a 0 to 4 ordinal scale, with mean prosthesis motility of 2.8. CONCLUSION: The SST implant provides satisfactory socket motility and is generally well tolerated in the anophthalmic socket without the need for wrapping material.
AB - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To describe early clinical results with the porous polyethylene smooth surface tunnel (SST) enucleation implant. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Uncontrolled, prospective interventional case series of patients undergoing enucleation with placement of the SST implant. This implant consists of a porous polyethylene sphere with a smooth anterior surface containing pre-drilled tunnels to facilitate direct suturing of the rectus muscles to the implant without use of an implant wrap. Postoperatively, socket healing was assessed, and prosthesis and socket motility were evaluated by the surgeon using an ordinal scale (0 = no motility to 4 = excellent motility). RESULTS: Thirty patients received the SST implant, with a mean follow-up of more than 23 months. Two cases of exposure occurred and were managed surgically without the need for explantation. Mean socket motility was 3.1 on a 0 to 4 ordinal scale, with mean prosthesis motility of 2.8. CONCLUSION: The SST implant provides satisfactory socket motility and is generally well tolerated in the anophthalmic socket without the need for wrapping material.
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U2 - 10.3928/1542-8877-20040901-03
DO - 10.3928/1542-8877-20040901-03
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C2 - 15497545
AN - SCOPUS:33845507585
SN - 1542-8877
VL - 35
SP - 358
EP - 362
JO - Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging
JF - Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging
IS - 5
ER -