PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES INVOLVED IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SURGICAL ACQUIRED ANOPHTHALMIA PATIENTS

• Main Authors: Claudia Florida Costea, D.Turliuc, A.Sava, G.F.Dumitrescu, A.Cucu, Ș.Turliuc
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Romanian Society of Oral Rehabilitation 2016-04-01
• Series: Romanian Journal of Oral Rehabilitation
• Subjects: bioethical principles; eye prosthesis; rehabilitation.; surgical acquired anophthalmia
• Online Access: http://www.rjor.ro/principles-and-guidelines-involved-in-the-management-of-surgical-acquired-anophthalmia-patients/?lang=ro

Surgically acquired anophthalmia is the loss of an eyeball or, more serious, of both eyeballs by a surgical procedure required for severe eye conditions: intraocular or intraorbital tumors, orbito-ocular injuries, severe intraocular infections, painful non-functional eyeball and atrophic eyeball.The aim of this paper is the analysis of the application of the four bioethical principles developed by Beauchamp and Childress : the patient’s autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence and the principle of justice, applied to surgically acquired anophthalmia patients. The ophthalmologist, neurosurgeon and plastic surgeon involved in these disabling surgical procedures must be aware of the guidelines of these bioethical principles, the purpose of which is pain relief and saving the patient’s life. The rehabilitation of surgically acquired anophthalmia patients is a clinical challenge and requires an interdisciplinary team involved in physical and psychological symptoms relief