Tuesday, August 5, 2014

First Inflatable Orbital Implant surgery in India

First Inflatable Orbital Implant surgery in India
L V Prasad Eye Institute has pioneered the implantation of Inflatable Orbital Tissue Expander for the first time in India. The new development promises to bring smiles to many patients suffering from Congenital Anophthalmia. This problem has been haunting patients with grossly visible asymmetric facial bone growth, leading to a significant cosmetic deformity in adult life. Though an artificial eye can be placed, there was no treatment available till date to stimulate the bony growth in the most natural manner.

Speaking on the surgery, Dr Tarjani Dave, Consultant, Socket Services and Ocularistry, Department of Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, L V Prasad Eye institute said, “Treating this child with unilateral congenital anophthalmia and bony socket contracture with Orbital Tissue Expander was a major achievement for us at L V Prasad Eye Institute. Anophthalmic socket is a challenge to treat. The premise of implanting an Orbital Tissue Expander is that you take care of the socket contracture before "bone amblyopia”, in order to effectively expand the socket. Hence these interventions are best done in infancy. This mimicks natural growth of an eyeball, thereby allowing adequate and symmetrical bone growth.”