Plastic surgery on the upper eye-lid after enucleation of the eye.

Abstract

The removal of an eye not only means loss of sight to the patient, but it produces a cosmetic blemish. The principal cosmetic imperfections are: i. Restricted movement of the prosthesis. 2. An obvious deep groove in the upper eyelid. Restriction of movement of the prosthesis can be partially overcome by the use of various types of implant (Hughes, I948; Jendralski, I94I; Knobloch, I940; Vanfsek, I951).