[Large foreign bodies inside the orbit and maxillary sinus (clinical observation)].

The great variety of orbital traumas can surprise and challenge specialists attempting to cure its consequences with the best possible outcome. This article presents a clinical case of a patient diagnosed with cicatricial deformity of the free edge and trichiasis of the upper eyelid in the lateral angle area, keratopathy, enophthalmos on the left side; posttraumatic defect of the inferior orbital wall; multiple foreign bodies in the orbit and maxillary sinus on the left side. Patient examination included conventional ophthalmological study methods, as well as multislice computed tomography with 3D-reconstruction.

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The role of somatosensation in automatic visuo-motor control: a comparison of congenital and acquired sensory loss.

Studies of chronically deafferented participants have illuminated how regaining some motor control after adult-onset loss of proprioceptive and touch input depends heavily on cognitive control. In this study we contrasted the performance of one such man, IW, with KS, a woman born without any somatosensory fibres. We postulated that her life-long absence of proprioception and touch might have allowed her to automate some simple visually-guided actions, something IW appears unable to achieve.

Perception of body shape and size without touch or proprioception: evidence from individuals with congenital and acquired neuropathy.

The degree to which mental representations of the body can be established and maintained without somatosensory input remains unclear. We contrast two "deafferented" adults, one who acquired large fibre sensory loss as an adult (IW) and another who was born without somatosensation (KS). We compared their responses to those of matched controls in three perceptual tasks: first accuracy of their mental image of their hands (assessed by testing recognition of correct hand length/width ratio in distorted photographs and by locating landmarks on the unseen hand); then accuracy of arm length judgements (assessed by judgement of reaching distance), and finally, we tested for an attentional bias towards peri-personal space (assessed by reaction times to visual target presentation).

Issues of rehabilitation of the patients with symblepharon using oral mucosal autografts.

Purpose: To systematize clinical variants of symblepharon and to analyze rehabilitation availability boundaries in patients with different forms of symblepharons.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of clinical cases included 26 patients with local, subtotal, and total symblepharon (ankyloblepharon) with a normal or anophthalmic orbit. In all patients, symblepharon was operated using split- or full-thickness oral mucosal autografts and their fixation with U-shaped stitches and compression plates.