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ISADORE GOLDSTEIN, M.D.

Arch Ophthal. 1936;16(3):465-468.

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It was Bartisch¹ who introduced the medieval and Arlt² the modern method of exenteration of the orbit. To overcome this dreadful deformity, Axenfeld³ suggested the operation in which the conjunctiva, lids and hair lines are preserved. Later the conjunctiva and lids are sutured. Other surgeons, Küster,⁴ Busache,⁵ Rollet,⁶ G. Worms⁷ and Romano Catania,⁸ used mucous membrane grafts, skin flaps, Thiersch grafts and sliding skin flaps to obviate the deformity without the introduction of a prosthesis. Few surgeons, however, have attempted to correct this deformity so that an artificial eye could be worn. Pólya⁹ conceived the idea of introducing artificial bone into the orbital cavity and suturing the lids over it. In this manner a support is obtained for a prosthesis. Probably the best known procedure is the operation devised by Golovine,¹⁰ in . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Footnotes
This article was read before the Section on Ophthalmology of the New York Academy of Medicine on Dec. 16, 1935.

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