Abstract

CACERES TOLEDO, María; MARQUEZ FERNANDEZ, Melba; CACERES TOLEDO, Odalys  and  FRESNEDA DORADO, José. Applications of Gore-tex in Ophthalmology. Rev Cubana Oftalmol [online]. 2014, vol.27, n.1, pp.62-69. ISSN 0864-2176.

Objective: to evaluate the therapeutic results in the surgical correction of eye illnesses, with Gore-tex and with the modified conventional surgical technique of the frontalis suspension. Methods: prospective and descriptive study in a series of 16 cases; 7 with ptosis, 5 with strabismus and 4 with inferior palpebral retraction. For the correction of the retraction and the ptosis, some Gore-tex fragments were used, and suture with this material for correction of strabismus and in some cases with ptosis. Two Gore-tex mm were placed per each mm of retraction and ptosis. Two prismatic dioptries were corrected per each mm of retroinsertion of the frontalis muscle. Results: a total of 13 cases (87 %) had satisfactory results. Most of the patients operated on with the modified frontal suspension technique, reduced the amount of ptosis mm up to the palpebral physiological level. Conclusions: the results were satisfactory in most of the operated patients by using the Gore-tex and the modified frontalis suspension technique.

Keywords : Gore-tex; strabismus; ptosis and palpebral retraction.

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