Clinical Ocular Prosthetics

This is the first textbook to offer a comprehensive account of ocular prosthetics and the evidence used to underpin and support this field of healthcare. It does so by bringing together information from ophthalmology, prosthetic eye and contact lens literature, and from experts actively engaged in t...

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Main Authors: Pine, Keith R. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Sloan, Brian H. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Jacobs, Robert J. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19057-0
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Table of Contents:
  • History of Prosthetic Eyes
  • The Anophthalmic Patient
  • Anatomy and Physiology
  • Anophthalmia and Ocular Disfigurement
  • Patient Evaluation
  • Making and Fitting a Custom Moulded Prosthetic Eye
  • Prosthetic Shells and Lenses
  • Socket Complications
  • Response of the Anophthalmic Socket to Prosthetic Eye Wear
  • Mucoid Discharge Associated with Prosthetic Eye Wear
  • Living with a Prosthetic Eye.