enucleation of orbital contents

Content removal is a necessary means for the treatment of primary malignant tumors and secondary malignant tumors in the eye. For the malignant tumors of the eyelids, in order to save lives, relieve pain, and improve appearance, all or part of the tissues in the eyelids should be removed. Treatment of diseases: orbital non-Hodgkin's malignant lymphoma Indication 1, a wide range of primary malignant tumors in the orbit, radiotherapy is not sensitive, simple tumor resection is difficult to complete; 2. Although a wide range of intraorbital metastatic malignant tumors or intraorbital malignant tumors have distant metastasis, eye pain is severe, radiotherapy and chemotherapy are ineffective; or benign tumors are covered with eyelids, and the eyeballs have been destroyed and highly prominent. Contraindications 1. The general condition is weak and cannot withstand the operation; 2. Patients with bleeding tendency; 3. Adjacent tissues have infections without treatment control; 4. For malignant tumors sensitive to radiotherapy, radiotherapy should be performed first. Preoperative preparation 1. To guide the patient's anxiety, fear, and convulsions, to introduce the disease and surgical methods patiently and meticulously, to explain the necessity of surgery, analysis and prognosis, and to help patients improve their understanding of their own diseases; 2. Instruct patients to do some pre-operative personal preparations, such as washing their hair and bathing. Patients with long front hair should recommend cutting short hair to avoid contaminating the operation area. Surgical procedure 1. Incision of the periosteum: the periosteum was cut along the upper edge of the iliac crest, and the optic nerve hole was dissected out of the periosteum along the upper wall of the iliac crest with a stripper, and the medial and lateral sides of the iliac crest were also stripped. 2. The curved vascular clamp is applied from the inner side of the eyeball to the inner side of the eyeball. After the optic nerve is clamped together with the blood vessel, the optic nerve is cut by the optic nerve scissors, and then the sputum content is turned downward, and the tumor content is removed. 3, clean up the cavity: remove the contents of the sputum, immediately with hot saline gauze pressure to stop bleeding, and then the tip of the iliac crest ligation to stop bleeding. 4, occlusion of the surgical cavity, suture incision: cover the wound with gelatin sponge, and then cover a large vaseline gauze, filling the cavity with iodoform gauze. Stitch the upper and lower eyelids. complication The main complications after surgery were infection, bleeding, skin necrosis and tumor recurrence.

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