Surgery: Current Research

ISSN - 2161-1076

Oculoplastic surgery

Oculoplastic surgery is a plastic surgery performed in regions like eyelids, eye orbit (eye socket), tear ducts present in face. It is performed in-order to correct anomalies like eyelid abnormalities, eye socket trauma, thyroid eye disease, orbital disease, and tearing problems.

Kind of specialist
Oculoplastic surgeons are ophthalmologists who specialize in plastic and reconstructive surgery of the periorbital and facial tissues including the eyelids, eyebrows, forehead, cheeks, orbit (bony cavity around the eye), and lacrimal (tear) system.