Enucleation
Are you suffering from acute eye trauma, retinoblastoma (ocular tumours) or painful blind eyes?
Chances are your physician has recommended enucleation.
Are you suffering from acute eye trauma, retinoblastoma (ocular tumours) or painful blind eyes?
Chances are your physician has recommended enucleation.
Enucleation is a procedure in which the eyeball, along with its internal contents is removed from the orbital socket.
However the eye muscles and optic nerve are left intact so that they can be reattached to an ocular implant.
The implant is inserted to replace any volume loss and to assist in the movement of the ocular prosthesis. However, where possible, your doctor will perform an evisceration.
More commonly known as an artificial eye, an ocular prosthesis is an acrylic shell created to strongly resemble a biological/sighted eye.
Approximately 6 weeks after your surgery (depending on your personal healing progress) you will meet your ocularist.
The ocularist will assess the health and stability of your eye socket with a view to designing a prosthesis that will be a perfect fit for you. Your ocularist will focus on creating the highest quality, most comfortable, cosmetically pleasing and matching prosthetic eye.
We manufacture custom-made, individually crafted and hand-painted ocular prosthetics as well as supplying and fitting a range of stock eyes.
To book your consultation please call us on 0861-EYESALIVE (393 725), or 083 263 1026