I have wide-set eyes. Given the impending possibility of whole-eye transplantation, would it then be possible to temporarily remove the eyes, move eye sockets closer together, then reinsert the eyes WITHOUT a craniotomy?
September 17, 2017
Answer: "Whole Eye Transplantation" does not exist There is no such thing as "whole eye transplantation." If the eyes are removed, you will be blind permanently. Major craniofacial surgery can be performed to change the position between the eye sockets -- you would need the combined services of a plastic surgeon and a neurosurgeon -- and it is a massive surgery. I would highly recommend against this kind of surgery unless you were suffering from a congenital deformity and had no other options to save your vision.Damon B. Chandler, MD Harvard-Penn Trained Oculofacial Plastic Surgeon
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September 17, 2017
Answer: "Whole Eye Transplantation" does not exist There is no such thing as "whole eye transplantation." If the eyes are removed, you will be blind permanently. Major craniofacial surgery can be performed to change the position between the eye sockets -- you would need the combined services of a plastic surgeon and a neurosurgeon -- and it is a massive surgery. I would highly recommend against this kind of surgery unless you were suffering from a congenital deformity and had no other options to save your vision.Damon B. Chandler, MD Harvard-Penn Trained Oculofacial Plastic Surgeon
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November 8, 2019
Answer: Change difference between eyes Unless things were extremely wide and considered a reconstruction, nobody would take the risk of such a huge operation to decrease the distance between the eyes. That being said, if you have an epicanthal fold, doing an epicanthoplasty is a much smaller procedure that definitely gives the appearance of closer set eyes.
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November 8, 2019
Answer: Change difference between eyes Unless things were extremely wide and considered a reconstruction, nobody would take the risk of such a huge operation to decrease the distance between the eyes. That being said, if you have an epicanthal fold, doing an epicanthoplasty is a much smaller procedure that definitely gives the appearance of closer set eyes.
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