OCULOPLASTIC Surgery

WHAT IS OCULOPLASTIC SURGERY?

Oculoplastic surgery is a branch of ophthalmology which is interested in eye lids, lacrymal ducts and orbital diseases. All types of treatment and aesthetic surgery applications including pouch removing, replacement of eyes, intraocular tumor surgeries, botulinum toxin are made with oculoplastic surgery.

Oculoplastic Surgery Methods

Treatment of Facial Paralysis - Dependant Eyelid Disorders

Lower eyelid may prolapse and eyelids may not be closed depending upon facial paralysis. In such cases, eyelid surgery and implantation of gold weight to the upper eyelid tarsus are performed.

Treatment of Eyelid Spasms

For involuntary eyelid spasms (blepharospasm), a botulinum toxsin (botox) injections or a surgery (myectomy) is carried out.

 
Moving Eye Prosthesis

Moving eye prosthesis is applied to the eyes with complete sight impairment or hurt and visual defects. Occasionally, it may be necessary to take out the eye due to malignant tumor. In such cases, the eye is taken out and moving eye prosthesis is applied.

Lacrymal Duct Obstruction

It may be congenital or age-related and leads to watery eyes and opthalmia. It is treated by probing in children and DSR in adults. Retinal disorders are threatening for each individual. Especially those with diabetics, high myopia, retinal diseases in their families and premature infants are at risk. People in this risk group should undergo periodical examination.

Diplopia refers to the loss of parallelism between the eyes. Each eye comprises of 6 muscles. Extra- or under-strength of one or more of these muscles leads to diplopia.

TO WHOME AND WHEN IS OCULOPLASTIC SURGERY APPLIED?

Oculoplastic surgery can be applied to everybody.
In crows feet and wrinkles around the eyes
In lower and upper eye lid problems
In turning out or turning in of the eyelids
Eye lid deformities because of facial palsy
Tumor cases in the eye lids
Blepharospasm patients
Thyroid patients
Lacrimal duct occlusions
Reconstructing of the eye injuries and bone fractures
For patients who have lost their eyes because of an accident and who need replacement eyes