Eye dominance and the mechanisms of eye contact.

Purpose: To determine the effect of eye dominance on the nature of perceived eye contact and perceived eye misalignment.

Methods: In this experimental study, strabismic and nonstrabismic human subjects over the age of 18 were assessed for strength of eye dominance, being classified as either weakly or strongly dominant. They were asked whether they perceived residual misalignment following strabismus surgery (if applicable).

Secondary infection affecting one of two simultaneously placed orbital wall implants.

A 10-year-old boy experienced traumatic injuries to the right bony orbit, which were repaired with a nylon foil and a barrier porous polyethylene orbital implant. Three years after surgery, he presented with maxillary and ethmoid sinusitis with infection of the nylon foil plate. This plate was removed, yielding complete recovery.