Özbek Zeynep, Kefeli Işıl
Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, İzmir, Türkiye.
Turk J Ophthalmol. 2024 Apr 19;54(2):103-107. doi: 10.4274/tjo.galenos.2024.68253.
Facial burns involving the periorbital region may lead to cicatricial ectropion and lagophthalmos, causing severe exposure keratopathy and eventually blindness if uncorrected. In these patients, it is critical to provide aesthetic and functional surgical correction to protect the ocular surface from chronic desiccation in addition to visual rehabilitation. Conventional methods may not be sufficient to provide visual rehabilitation in complex cases. Scleral lenses can be a multipurpose alternative for these patients. Herein, we present the challenging case of a patient who developed cicatricial lagophthalmos and exposure keratopathy after facial transplantation due to gasoline burns and received a scleral contact lens for visual rehabilitation.
累及眶周区域的面部烧伤可能导致瘢痕性睑外翻和兔眼症,如果不加以纠正,会引起严重的暴露性角膜病变并最终导致失明。对于这些患者,除了视力康复外,提供美观和功能性的手术矫正以保护眼表免受慢性干燥影响至关重要。传统方法可能不足以在复杂病例中实现视力康复。巩膜镜可为这些患者提供多用途的替代方案。在此,我们介绍一例具有挑战性的病例,该患者因汽油烧伤接受面部移植后出现瘢痕性兔眼症和暴露性角膜病变,并接受了巩膜接触镜进行视力康复。