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Phantom eye syndrome: a review of the literature
- Source :
- PubMed, Repositório Institucional da UNESP, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), instacron:UNESP, The Scientific World Journal, The Scientific World Journal, Vol 2014 (2014)
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Made available in DSpace on 2015-12-07T15:30:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2014. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2015-12-07T15:53:00Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 PMC4273592.pdf: 1266394 bytes, checksum: c59e5a276384ba2f9f2da162b80cd065 (MD5) The purpose of this literature review was to describe the main features of phantom eye syndrome in relation to their possible causes, symptoms, treatments, and influence of eye amputation on quality of life of anophthalmic patients. For this, a bibliographical research was performed in Pubmed database using the following terms: eye amputation, eye trauma, phantom eye syndrome, phantom pain, and quality of life, associated or not. Thirteen studies were selected, besides some relevant references contained in the selected manuscripts and other studies hallowed in the literature. Thus, 56 articles were included in this review. The phantom eye syndrome is defined as any sensation reported by the patient with anophthalmia, originated anophthalmic cavity. In phantom eye syndrome, at least one of these three symptoms has to be present: phantom vision, phantom pain, and phantom sensations. This syndrome has a direct influence on the quality of life of the patients, and psychological support is recommended before and after the amputation of the eyeball as well as aid in the treatment of the syndrome. Therefore, it is suggested that, for more effective treatment of phantom eye syndrome, drug therapy should be associated with psychological approach. Universidade Estadual Paulista, Departamento de Materiais Odontológicos e Prótese, Faculdade de Odontologia de Araçatuba
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
genetic structures
medicine.medical_treatment
Phantom eye syndrome
Phantom limb
Sensation
lcsh:Medicine
Review Article
Eye
lcsh:Technology
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Imaging phantom
Quality of life
medicine
Humans
lcsh:Science
General Environmental Science
Anophthalmia
lcsh:T
business.industry
lcsh:R
General Medicine
Syndrome
medicine.disease
equipment and supplies
eye diseases
Surgery
body regions
Amputation
Phantom Limb
lcsh:Q
Radiology
sense organs
business
Phantom pain
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PubMed, Repositório Institucional da UNESP, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), instacron:UNESP, The Scientific World Journal, The Scientific World Journal, Vol 2014 (2014)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....eaac1ab1835eef43f8653cbe9170dc02