Table 2.
Original causes for anophthalmic surgery
Cause | Enucleation (N=43) | Evisceration (N=229) | Secondary orbital implantation (N=42) | Total (N=314) |
Trauma (%) | 21 (48.8%) | 132 (57.6%) | 20 (47.6%) | 173 (55.2%) |
Glaucoma (%) | 1 (2.3%) | 34 (14.8%) | 4 (9.5%) | 39 (12.4%) |
Corneal ulcer (%) | 3 (7.0%) | 29 (12.7%) | 4 (9.5%) | 36 (11.5%) |
Ocular inflammation/infection (%) | 9 (21.0%) | 14 (6.1%) | 6 (14.4%) | 29 (9.2%) |
Tumours (%) | 8 (18.6%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (9.5%) | 12 (3.8%) |
Others (%) | 1 (2.3%) | 20 (8.8%) | 4 (9.5%) | 25 (7.9%) |
N, number of patients.