Rehabilitation of ocular defect with hollow ocular prosthesis

The loss of an eye creates huge psychological impact on individual’s social and professional life. Whensurgical procedures like enucleation and evisceration removes the soft tissue contents of defective eye,abnormally large defect is created. The prosthetic rehabilitation of such large defect is always a challenge,which demands exactly matching, closely fitting, equally sized ocular prosthesis to replace lost tissuevolume. This article attempts to present an innovative technique to fabricate an aesthetically superiorhollow ocular prosthesis exactly matching with the natural eye of the patient.Key Messages: Although there are various methods to fabricate hollow ocular prosthesis, utilizing siliconputty index and modelling wax and Anterior Segment Camera for iris selection is a simple and innovativetechnique which provides superior aesthetic and better comfort.Keywords: Ocular defect, Hollow ocular prosthesis, Digital iris, Anterior segment.