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. 2011 Nov 17;96(4):494–498. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-300132

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.