Sidrah Riaz, Mazhar Zaman Soomro, Imran Attaullah, Zahid Hafeez.
Behavior of Custom Designed, Light Weight Ocular Prosthesis.
Ophthalmol Update Jan ;12(3):195-6.

Purpose: To assess the behavior of light weight ocular prosthesis in improving mobility and cosmoses. Materials and Methods: A prospective analysis is performed on the behavior of custom designed light weight ocular prosthesis in 44 patients from July 2006 to March 2013. The basic raw materials used for prosthesis are polymethylmethacrylate and methylmethacrylate which were mixed by heat initiated polymerization along with coating of glycol dimethacrylate. In order to reduce weight, the prosthesis is made hollow. Results: An average 35.07% weight reduction in ocular prosthesis was obtained. Mobility is recorded as good in all patients (100%). The patient satisfactory score was 5 in 34.1%, 4 in 52.3% and 3 in 13.6%. None of patient was unsatisfied Conclusion: The light weight custom designed ocular prosthesis provides satisfactory weight reduction, good functional mobility and cosmoses/aesthetics with reduced discharge rate. It also carries a high satisfactory score of the patients.

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