Dr Paridaens is specialized in the following areas of oculoplastic and orbital surgery. Many of the procedures below link directly to related scientific publications.
Oculoplastics
- Upper blepharoplasty (bovenooglid-dermatochalazis-correctie: correctie huidteveel bovenoogleden = blepharoplastieken), including Asian blepharoplasty
- Lower blepharoplasty (onderooglid-dermatochalazis-correctie: correctie wallen onder de ogen) & mid-facelifts
- Brow-lifts
- Ptosis surgery (hangende bovenoogleden door spier(pees)zwakte of neurogene uitval)
- Levator-resection
- Levator-reinsertion
- Tarsoconjunctivomullerectomy (TCM)
- Frontalis-suspension (any age)
- Re-operations following surgery elsewhere (heringrepen na correctie elders)
- Levator-desinsertion
- Eyelid reconstruction: innovative eyelidmargin-sparing techniques, innovative tarsus-sparing technique, sandwich block technique, sandwich technique, innovative technique for full-thickness upper eyelid reconstruction with preservation of margin, 1-layer closure innovation technique for primary closure
- Resection of eyelid tumours; management of rare eyelid tumours, rare malignancies, malignancies with orbital invasion
- Treatment of eyelid inflammatory lesions
- Ectropion/entropion surgery
- Eyelid retraction surgery
- Oculoplastic surgery following facial nerve palsy (chirurgie bij N. facialis-uitval)
- Eyelid surgery in patients with Floppy Eyelid Syndrome (FES)
- Eyelid repair following trauma
Lacrimal surgery
- DCR
- Canaliculotomy
- Probing (sondage)
- Lacrimal stent-placement
- Balloon catheterization
- Punctum repair
- Punctal occlusion
- Lacrimal tumour-surgery
- Trauma
Orbital surgery
- Orbital tumours (primary benign/malignant or metastasis)
- Graves’ Orbitopathy: innovative surgical techniques, radiotherapy, innovative medical therapies (Etanercept, Nanocort — nanotechnology-based steroid-sparing medication)
- Radiotherapy of orbital benign lesions, innovative indications of radiotherapy
- Fractures
- Inflammatory and infectious conditions: innovative medical treatment in xanthogranuloma, long-term results in xanthogranuloma treatment, idiopathic inflammation, IgG4-RD, infliximab in IgG4-RD
- Orbital fat prolapse surgery
- Subconjunctival rare tumours
- Eye removal
- Socket-surgery, innovative technique of socket closure
- Trauma
Ocular oncology
- Uveal melanoma, radiotherapy
- Uveal metastases
- Iris melanoma and melanocytic lesions
- Conjunctival melanoma, melanosis, innovative surgical techniques
- Other conjunctival tumours
- Caruncle tumours