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Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis (OOKP), also known as "tooth in eye" surgery, [1] is a medical procedure to restore vision in the most severe cases of corneal and ocular surface patients. It includes removal of a tooth from the patient or a donor.
There are three types of eye removal: [4] Evisceration – removal of the iris, lens, and internal eye contents, but with the sclera and attached extraocular muscles left behind; Enucleation of the eye – removal of the eyeball, but with the eyelids and adjacent structures of the eye socket remaining. An intraocular tumor excision requires an ...
An ocular prosthesis, artificial eye or glass eye is a type of craniofacial prosthesis that replaces an absent natural eye following an enucleation, evisceration, or orbital exenteration. Someone with an ocular prosthesis is altogether blind on the affected side and has monocular (one sided) vision .
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Eye surgery, also known as ophthalmic surgery or ocular surgery, is surgery performed on the eye or its adnexa. [1] Eye surgery is part of ophthalmology and is performed by an ophthalmologist or eye surgeon. The eye is a fragile organ, and requires due care before, during, and after a surgical procedure to minimize or prevent further damage.
Ocular prothesis can mitigate symptoms of physiological distress related to phantom eye syndrome through simulating the functions of a normal eye socket. [4] Overall, the literature promotes treatment that focuses on increasing quality of life through addressing personalized emotional and physical phantom eye syndrome stressors. [4]
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