Table 4.
Postoperative complications
Complications | Enucleation (N=43) | Evisceration (N=229) | Secondary orbital implantation (N=42) | Total (%) | |
Implants | Infection | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 (1.0) |
Exposure | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 (4.5) | |
Conjunctiva | Giant papillary conjunctivitis | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 (1.3) |
Conjunctival cyst/granuloma | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 (0.6) | |
Fornix contracture | 6 | 7 | 1 | 14 (4.5) | |
Wound dehiscence | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 (1.3) | |
Eyelid | Blepharoptosis | 9 | 18 | 6 | 33 (10.5) |
Dermatochalasis | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 (1.0) | |
Deep upper lid sulcus | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 (2.2) | |
Entropion | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 (3.5) | |
Others | Pain/discomfort (>6 weeks) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 (1.0) |
Discharge (>6 weeks) | 5 | 8 | 7 | 20 (6.4) |
N, number of patients.