Orbit: Evisceration

Andrew Rong; Benjamin Erickson; Wendy Lee

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-45495-5_97

Orbit: Evisceration

Andrew Rong, Benjamin Erickson, Wendy Lee

Ophthalmology

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Evisceration can be performed for the management of a chronic blind painful eye or for the treatment of acute endophthalmitis with no light perception. When compared to enucleation, it offers several advantages: A shorter operating time, quicker postoperative recovery, and-according to some surgeons-better socket motility and a decreased risk of anophthalmic socket syndrome. It is not an appropriate procedure, however, for phthisical eyes, extensively traumatized eyes with an increased risk of sympathetic ophthalmia, or eyes in which an occult intraocular tumor has not been ruled out preoperatively. It should also be avoided in patients with history of scleral inflammation, orbital hardware placement, or if there is any reason to suspect that the source of pain is intrinsic to the outer layers of the globe.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Operative Dictations in Ophthalmology
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	425-427
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319454955
ISBN (Print)	9783319454948
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45495-5_97
State	Published - Apr 24 2017

Keywords

Acute endophthalmitis
Blind painful eye
Chronic blind painful eye
Evisceration
Removal of eye

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Medicine(all)

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