Restoring emotional and psychological vision of a child with custom-made ocular prosthesis - A case report

Loss of eye at an early stage of life not only affects the facial esthetics but also imparts a pervasive impact on the psychological health of the patient and often leads to social disability. A custom-made ocular prosthesis is an easy and promising mean of the rehabilitation of such defect helps in leading the patient into a normal social life. Hence, the present article describes a simplified technique of the fabrication of ocular prosthesis to rehabilitate an enucleation defect in 31⁄2-year-old girl followed by surgical removal of retinoblastoma.