Millions of people worldwide experience disfigurement due to cancers, congenital defects,
or trauma, leading to significant psychological, social, and economic disadvantage …

Anophthalmic socket syndrome determines functional deficits and facial deformities, and
may lead to poor psychological outcomes. This review aims to comprehensively evaluate …

Purpose To investigate anxiety and depression levels in prosthetic eye–wearing patients
using standardized psychometric instruments, to define factors associated with these …

Objectives To assess symptoms and signs of the dry anophthalmic socket syndrome (DASS)
in a standardized manner. Methods 87 unilateral anophthalmic patients were evaluated …

Background The last definition of the post-enucleation socket syndrome (PESS) by Tyers
and Collin—formulated almost 40 years ago in 1982—is predominantly based on the clinical …

Purpose To compare tear film osmolarity (TFO) values and matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-
9) levels between anophthalmic sockets and healthy fellow eyes and to assess the use of …

Purpose To evaluate morphological alterations of meibomian glands (MGs) in the dry
anophthalmic socket syndrome (DASS). Methods Fifteen unilateral anophthalmic patients …

Purpose To investigate mucoid discharge and the inflammatory response of anophthalmic
sockets to cryolite glass prosthetic eye wear. Patients and methods A total of 101 cryolite …

Purpose To explore the changes of bacterial flora in anophthalmic patients wearing ocular
prosthesis (OP) and the microbiome diversity in conditions of different OP materials …

Objectives To report associations with comfort and with appearance satisfaction in artificial
eye wearers. Methods Multicentre, observational, cross-sectional study, nationwide within …