FEATURES OF EYE PROSTHETICS OF PATIENTS WITH ANOPHTHALMUS AND SUBATROPHY

Abstract

Elimination of a cosmetic defect in patients with anophthalmus, subatrophy, and atrophy of the eyeball is an important medical and social problem [2,4].The eye prosthesis has not only cosmetic, but also therapeutic value, protecting the eye cavity from the irritating effect of environmental factors. A prolonged absence of a prosthesis in the conjunctival cavity causes a chronic inflammatory process and its reduction [1,3,5].Improving the methods of prosthetics aimed at increasing the cosmetic effect and comfort when wearing eye prostheses, extending their service life, as well as developing ways to care for them, is an extremely important task and is the purpose of the study. A technique is proposed that allows to increase the comfort of wearing eye prostheses, to effectively clean and disinfect, and also to extend their service exploitation.