In making an artificial eye socket, care should be taken to deepen the superior and
inferior conjunctiva fornixes so that the artificial eye is firmly supported when
it is worn inside the socket. However, it is not easy to maintain the depths of the
superior and inferior conjunctiva fornixes, because they gradually grow shallow as
scar contracture develops postoperatively.
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Prevention of the transformation is essential to secure the stability of the artificial
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Published online: July 12, 2012
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© 2012 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
