Nonsurgical Approach to Improve Prognosis of Ocular Prostheses for Grade III and IV Contracted Sockets

Patients with Grade III or IV contracted ocular sockets, most often due to Post Enucleation Socket Syndrome (PESS), suffer from loss of ocular volume along with a lax lower eyelid, which complicates prosthetic rehabilitation in terms of fit as well as aesthetics. Surgical correction is preferable, though not always feasible. A noninvasive approach for prosthetic rehabilitation of such difficult cases, using bandaging and progressively larger conformers is described here.

Automated summary

Patients with Grade III or IV contracted ocular sockets, commonly caused by Post Enucleation Socket Syndrome (PESS), face challenges in prosthetic rehabilitation due to loss of ocular volume and a lax lower eyelid. Surgical correction is preferred but not always possible, therefore a noninvasive approach using bandaging and progressively larger conformers is described for such difficult cases.