Orbital exenteration - a salvage procedure?

Orbital exenteration is a procedure performed usually for malignancies. The subsequent reconstructive efforts are directed towards rapid and stable healing but allowing detection of recurrent disease, obliteration of any communication between the orbit and surrounding cavities and above all a good q...

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Published inRomanian journal of morphology and embryology Vol. 54; no. 4; pp. 1161 - 1167
Main Authors Frunză, A, Slăvescu, D, Zamfirescu, D, Stănciulescu, Luminiţa, Grinţescu, Ioana, Enache, V, Lascăr, I
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Romania 2013
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Aged
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - pathology
Orbit Evisceration - methods
Salvage Therapy
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Summary:Orbital exenteration is a procedure performed usually for malignancies. The subsequent reconstructive efforts are directed towards rapid and stable healing but allowing detection of recurrent disease, obliteration of any communication between the orbit and surrounding cavities and above all a good quality of life. The surgical options must be tailored to each patient; we have to achieve first disease control and to compensate a 3D defect as best as we can. In the following, we present a series of three patients with aggressive tumors of the midface, admitted in our clinic in the last four years. For each case, orbital exenteration was performed in order to achieve tumor clearance. The results were good excepting one case (a relapse at three years interval) with a squamous cell carcinoma and perineural invasion.
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ISSN:1220-0522