Clinical applications of color Doppler imaging in the management of orbital lesions.

Purpose: To present the clinical applications of color Doppler imaging (CDI) as an adjunctive study in the diagnosis and treatment of orbital lesions.

Methods: Retrospective noncomparative case series. Medical records of 17 patients with orbital lesions who underwent orbital CDI were reviewed, and their orbital CDI results, diagnosis, and treatment were studied.

Primary placement of a motility coupling post in porous polyethylene orbital implants.

The placement of a motility coupling post (MCP) to integrate the prosthesis with a porous orbital implant may enhance prosthetic motility following enucleation. Previously, MCP placement has required a second operation usually at least 6 months following enucleation. We developed a technique to place an MCP reliably and safely into a porous orbital implant at the time of enucleation.

Delayed orbital infection after endoscopic orbital decompression for dysthyroid orbitopathy.

Objective: To present a delayed complication of endoscopic orbital decompression that has not been reported previously in the literature.

Design: Retrospective non-comparative small case series.

Participants: Three patients with dysthyroid orbitopathy.

Ophthalmic plastic applications of acellular dermal allografts.

Purpose: Clinical problems of contracted conjunctival fornices, superior sulcus defects, and soft tissue contour defects in the periorbital region have not shown good, sustained results with a range of autologous and alloplastic implants. AlloDerm (Lifecell Corp., Woodlands, TX) is an acellular dermal graft processed from human donor tissue.