Prosthetic rehabilitation of enucleated eye with semi-customized ocular prosthesis: A case report | Zendy

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Prosthetic rehabilitation of enucleated eye with semi-customized ocular prosthesis: A case report

Author(s) -

Indra Kumar Limbu,

Bishal Babu Basnet,

Sandhya Paudel

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

medical journal of pokhara academy of health sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2631-2026

pISSN - 2631-2018

DOI - 10.3126/mjpahs.v2i3.26114

Subject(s) - ocular prosthesis , sclera , disfigurement , iris (biosensor) , prosthesis , medicine , ophthalmology , optometry , orthodontics , surgery , computer science , computer vision , biometrics

Eye is a vital organ not only for vision but it is also important component of facial expression. The disfigurement associated with loss of eye can cause significant physical and emotional problem. There are several techniques documented in the literature for fabricating the artificial eye. This is a case report of fabricating ocular prosthesis with stock iris and custom made sclera to provide aesthetically satisfactory result and better fit.

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