Review of 345 eye amputations carried out in the period 1996–2003, at Rigshospitalet, Denmark

. Purpose:  The aim of this study was to identify the number of eye amputations, and the causative diagnoses, indications for surgery and surgical techniques applied, and to evaluate a possible change in surgical technique in a tertiary referral centre in Denmark. Methods:  The hospital database was...

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Veröffentlicht in:Acta ophthalmologica (Oxford, England) England), 2010-03, Vol.88 (2), p.218-221
Hauptverfasser: Rasmussen, Marie Louise Roed, Prause, Jan Ulrik, Johnson, Martin, Kamper‐Jørgensen, Finn, Toft, Peter Bjerre
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Zusammenfassung:. Purpose:  The aim of this study was to identify the number of eye amputations, and the causative diagnoses, indications for surgery and surgical techniques applied, and to evaluate a possible change in surgical technique in a tertiary referral centre in Denmark. Methods:  The hospital database was screened using surgery codes for patients who had undergone bulbar evisceration, enucleation or orbital exenteration in the period 1996–2003. Patient records were reviewed for gender, age, time since surgery, causative diagnosis (the disease process leading to the indication for amputation), indication for eye amputation, type of surgery and whether an implant was applied. Results:  A total of 345 patients were identified as having undergone eye amputation during the 8‐year period. Indications for eye amputation were: painful blind eye (127); neoplasm (119); infection (42); recent injury (25); disfiguring blind eye (25); prevention of sympathetic ophthalmia (5), and other reasons (2). Surgical procedures included 174 eviscerations, 154 enucleations and 17 orbital exenterations. The mean number of surgeries per year was 43.1. An orbital implant was applied in 168 patients. Conclusions:  The most frequent indications for eye amputation were painful blind eye (37%) and neoplasm (34%). During the study period, the annual number of eye amputations was stable, but an increase in bulbar eviscerations was noticed. Orbital implants were used in 33% of patients in 1996 and 67% in 2003.
ISSN:1755-375X
1755-3768
DOI:10.1111/j.1755-3768.2008.01435.x