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ocular enucleation

Indications: - endophthalmitis refractory to antibiotics - cosmetic improvement in a blind eye - blind, painful eyes - malignant intraocular tumors - ocular trauma to avoid sympathetic ophthalmia in other eye - phthisis with degeneration - congenital anophthalmia or severe microphthalmia to enhance development of the bony orbit Procedure: - removal of the eye from the orbit while preserving all other orbital structures

General

eye surgery; opthalmologic surgery; ocular surgery enucleation

References

  1. Zein W Evisceration, Enucleation, and Exenteration http://www.eyeweb.org/evisceration.htm