Repairing the hole in hydroxyapatite orbital implants following peg removal

Pegging hydroxyapatite implants may lead to improved prosthetic eye movemen t but may also be associated with complications that may occasionally requi re peg removal. Removing the peg and leaving the peg hole to spontaneously granulate in, is one technique to deal with the remaining implant hole. The author describes a simple technique to fill the peg hole that provides a s mooth implant-conjunctival-prosthesis interface and may potentially allow r epegging.