STANDARDIZED RANGE OF CONFORMERS AND SYMBLEPHARON RINGS

Conformers and symblepharon rings are routinely used to keep fornices formed after socket surgery or in the presence of conjunctival cicatri cial disease. However, there is no accepted standard size or shape of conformers or symblepharon rings. We measured the ideal conformer and symblepharon sizes in patients undergoing socket surgery and designed six conformer and symblepharon sizes. The full set of six conformers a nd symblepharon rings is available to the surgeon at the end of surger y. We have successfully used these conformers and symblepharon rings i n over 600 cases during the last 7 years. These standardized sizes all ow more accurate fitting of conformers and symblepharon rings.