Effect of Keratectomy on Hydroxyapatite Exposure in Evisceration.

Kim, Sung Joo; Jang, Jae Woo; Lee, Sang Yeul; Kim, Sang Gil

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1999;40(8):2061-2066.
Published online January 1, 2001.

Effect of Keratectomy on Hydroxyapatite Exposure in Evisceration.

Sung Joo Kim, Jae Woo Jang, Sang Yeul Lee, Sang Gil Kim

The Institute of Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.

안구내용물 제거술시 각막절제술이 Hydroxyapatite 노출에 미치는 효과

Abstract

The exposure rate of hydroxyapatite is higher in evisceration than in enucleation. This study is to compare the exposure rate of hydroxyapatite after evisceration with keratectomy and that without keratectomy. We reviewed 89medical records of the patients who had received eviscera- tion with hydroxyapatite implantation retrospectively. Of the 69 patients who had not received keratectomy during the eviceration, 9 patients (13%) had postoperative hydroxyapatite exposure. None of the 20 patients who had received keratectomy had exposure. In case of hydroxyapatite implantation after evisceration, keratectomy and 360 . circumferential sclerotomy will decrease the exposure rate of hydroxyapatite.

Key Words: Evisceration;Hydroxyapatite exposure;Keratectomy