TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - The loss of an eye due to occupational injury: two case studies of ocular prosthetic rehabilitation
JO  - Work
A1  - Al-Oulabi, Ayman
A1  - Al Rawas, Matheel
A1  - Farook, Taseef Hasan
A1  - Rashid, Farah
A1  - Barman, Aparna
A1  - Jamayet, Nafij Bin
A1  - Alam, Mohammad Khursheed
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - BACKGROUND: Two patients received ocular injuries from rusted metallic projectiles at their industrial workplaces. Said injuries resulted in the loss of their eyes by evisceration surgeries to prevent fatal infections. CASE DESCRIPTION: The first case, a man in his twenties, received a stock conformer immediately after surgery and started prosthetic therapy within 2 months. The second case, a man in his forties, started prosthetic therapy after 10 years. Definitive custom ocular prostheses were fabricated and relined according to conventional protocol. <br><br>RESULTS: On issue of the prosthesis, there was adequate retention, aesthetics and stability to extra-ocular movements and treatment was considered successful for both cases. However, follow-ups showed noticeable prosthetic eye movements for case 1 which, to some extent mimicked the physiologic movement of its fellow natural eye. Case 1 adjusted to his prosthesis better while case 2 was still adjusting with little to no physiologic movement. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Prosthetic rehabilitation should be started as early as possible to obtain optimum rehabilitative results.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1051-9815
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/WOR-213519
ID  - ref1
ER  -