How to diagnose dry anophthalmic socket syndrome (DASS) in the clinical routine

Alexander C Rokohl; Marc Trester; Keith R Pine; Ludwig M Heindl

doi:10.1007/s00417-023-06074-5

How to diagnose dry anophthalmic socket syndrome (DASS) in the clinical routine

Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2023 Sep;261(9):2713-2715. doi: 10.1007/s00417-023-06074-5. Epub 2023 Apr 27.

Authors

Alexander C Rokohl^{1

2}, Marc Trester³, Keith R Pine⁴, Ludwig M Heindl^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, Kerpener Straße 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany. [email protected].
² Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO) Aachen-Bonn-Cologne-Düsseldorf, Cologne, Germany. [email protected].
³ Trester-Institute for Ocular Prosthetics and Artificial Eyes, Cologne, Germany.
⁴ School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
⁵ Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, Kerpener Straße 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany.
⁶ Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO) Aachen-Bonn-Cologne-Düsseldorf, Cologne, Germany.

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Keywords: Anophthalmic socket surface inflammation; Conjunctival inflammation; Dry anophthalmic socket syndrome; Enucleation; Evisceration; Matrix metalloproteinase 9; Tear film osmolarity.

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MeSH terms

Anophthalmos* / diagnosis
Anophthalmos* / surgery
Eye Enucleation
Humans
Orbit
Orbital Implants*