There
are a number of different conditions that require removal of an eye.
The most common of these conditions are when a blind eye becomes
painful or unsightly or when a cancer, such as choroidal melanoma,
develops inside of an eye. Removal of an eye, like removal of any other
body part, has both physical and psychological implications. The
operation must be tailored to the problem. If cancer is present inside
of the eye then removal of the entire eye is necessary. However, in
most cases of a blind and painful eye it is possible to just remove
those portions of the eye that are causing the eye to be painful and
leave behind the white covering of the eye and the eye muscles.
Dr. Shome is an expert in this type of surgery. He has not only treated
a vast number of patients but has also performed ground breaking
research to improve the operations done for patients with these
problems. One goal of surgery is to remove cancer when present or to
alleviate pain when present.
Just as important, The Esthetic Clinic is interested in returning your
eye socket to the same or better appearance than you had prior to
undergoing surgery. You will want the eye socket to look equal in size
to the other socket and you will want to have a prosthesis made that
looks and moves like your normal eye. Dr. Shome will work together with
an internationally trained ocularist to rehabilitate your eye socket to
look as much like the fellow eye socket as possible. The ocularist
actually shapes and colors the false eye just to look like your other
eye, including the blood vessels of the ‘normal’ eye. Using modern
surgical techniques many patients are able to achieve a more normal
appearance than they had prior to undergoing surgery. Using the latest
surgical techniques, Dr. Shome is also able to impart almost normal
motility to the false eye, such that when the ‘normal’ eye moves, the
false eye will also move in a life-like manner. Post the surgery by Dr.
Shome, the ocularist will fit the false eye.
The false eye
making process - What to expect:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUHCdqUmdn8&feature=related
