Bioengineered materials are used as a substitute in many fields of medicine,especially in plastic surgery and in burns.In ophthalmic plastic surgery they can be used for covering large tissue defects or as a tarsal pl...Bioengineered materials are used as a substitute in many fields of medicine,especially in plastic surgery and in burns.In ophthalmic plastic surgery they can be used for covering large tissue defects or as a tarsal plate substitute,in cases when it is not possible to use conventional surgical techniques.We have searched PubMed and Web of Science scientific databases.We can generally categorize skin substitutes by the type of tissue used-we distinguish autografts,allografts,and xenografts.There are also completely synthetic substitutes.The aim of our article was to summarize the current state of knowledge and to sum up all the clinical applications of bioengineered materials in the periocular region.There are only a few scientific articles about this topic and lack of prospective randomized studies aimed on use of bioengineered materials in periocular region.Nevertheless,there are many articles describing successful case reports or case reports series.According to literature,bioengineered materials are the most commonly used in big traumas or large surgical defects,especially in oculoplastic tumour surgery.Bioengineered dermal substitutes are not frequently used in the periocular region.Dermal substitutes are useful,when it is not possible to close the defect with any other conventional surgical technique.展开更多
文摘Bioengineered materials are used as a substitute in many fields of medicine,especially in plastic surgery and in burns.In ophthalmic plastic surgery they can be used for covering large tissue defects or as a tarsal plate substitute,in cases when it is not possible to use conventional surgical techniques.We have searched PubMed and Web of Science scientific databases.We can generally categorize skin substitutes by the type of tissue used-we distinguish autografts,allografts,and xenografts.There are also completely synthetic substitutes.The aim of our article was to summarize the current state of knowledge and to sum up all the clinical applications of bioengineered materials in the periocular region.There are only a few scientific articles about this topic and lack of prospective randomized studies aimed on use of bioengineered materials in periocular region.Nevertheless,there are many articles describing successful case reports or case reports series.According to literature,bioengineered materials are the most commonly used in big traumas or large surgical defects,especially in oculoplastic tumour surgery.Bioengineered dermal substitutes are not frequently used in the periocular region.Dermal substitutes are useful,when it is not possible to close the defect with any other conventional surgical technique.
