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Surgical Management of the Contracted Socket

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Oculofacial, Orbital, and Lacrimal Surgery

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A contracted socket, which may lead to cosmetically unacceptable appearance, poor fitting, or inability to retain ocular prosthesis, is a psychologically devastating problem for patients. The goal of corrective socket surgery is to provide an appropriate ocular prosthesis that would simulate the normal fellow eye of the patient in all respects. The two most important aspects that need to be addressed are adequate fornices to support the prosthesis and adequate orbital volume. This chapter presents essentials of assessment and management of contracted sockets, both congenital and acquired.

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  1. Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India

    A. K. Grover

  2. Associate Consultant, Ophthalmology, New Delhi, India

    Amrita Sawhney

  3. Senior Consultant, Ophthalmology, New Delhi, India

    Shaloo Bageja

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  1. Eyelid and Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and MediSpa, Diseases and Surgery of the Orbit & Lacrimal System Neuro-ophthalmology, Glenview/Chicago, IL, USA

    Adam J. Cohen

  2. Oculoplastics, Orbital, and Cosmetic Facial Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Madison, WI, USA

    Cat Nguyen Burkat

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Grover, A.K., Sawhney, A., Bageja, S. (2019). Surgical Management of the Contracted Socket. In: Cohen, A., Burkat, C. (eds) Oculofacial, Orbital, and Lacrimal Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14092-2_63

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