DOI: 10.36347/sasjs.2022.v08i08.005

Pages: 516-522

Orbital exenteration is a disfiguring surgery; its major indication is the treatment of extensive orbito-palpebral malignancies. The reconstruction of the residual cavity is a real challenge despite the different reconstruction techniques, especially on weakened terrain. The purpose of this study was to assess and compare the clinical indications and reconstructive methods and outcomes with previously reported data. A retrospective study was conducted on five patients who underwent orbital exenteration surgery. Those cases were collected in the department of plastic, reconstructive and burns surgery at the Al kortobi Hospital in tangier (Morocco) between mars 2021 and June 2022. The main outcome measures were demographics surgery type, clear margins histologically, surgical complications and local recurrence. Five patients were included in this study, 3 men and 2 women with an average age of 75 years old (60 to 90 years old), mean follow up was 5 months. All patients presented with a tumor in the eyelid or periocular skin, diagnosis included basal cell carcinoma in three patients and squamous cell carcinoma in the other two. Total orbital exenteration was performed in all patients, the cavity was filled with a temporalis muscle flap in four cases and with a local flap (type LLL= dufourmental flap) in one case. Clear margins tumor was obtained in all cases and no complications or recurrence were seen so far. Adjuvant radiation therapy was conducted on three cases. Reflecting the literature on the subject, exenteration aims at local control of disease invading the orbit that is potentially fatal or relentlessly progressive. We have promoted reconstruction using the temporal muscle flap thanks to its advantages such as a single operative step thus reducing operative morbidity, good skin coverage, fast healing and fewer postoperative complications. In term of our study, orbital exenteration retains its place in orbito-palpebral cancer surgery, while the temporal .......