A surgical technique with connective tissue repair for the management of subconjunctival orbital fat prolapse

Abstract Subconjunctival orbital fat prolapse is an uncommon benign entity. In addition to insufficient information concerning the mechanisms of the prolapse, detailed surgical methods that can be followed are uncommon in the literature. We prospectively studied six consecutive eyes in four males who were to undergo our novel surgical sequence, attempting to avoid postoperative complications by reconstructing intermuscular septa on the basis of the assumption that the spontaneous prolapsed fat at the superior temporal quadrant stemmed from intraconal fat. Intraoperative findings were in agreement with our hypothesis that the anterior part of the herniated fat is covered by both the intermuscular septum and Tenon's capsule. All the surgeries were uneventful and cosmetic improvement without postoperative complications was obtained. Our early results indicated the safety and efficacy of this newly developed technique for spontaneous orbital fat prolapse.