Table 3.
Intraocular medulloepithelioma: Treatment modalities
Broughton and Zimmerman[9] (1978) n=56 eyes n (%) | Canning et al.[18] (1988) n=16 eyes n (%) | Shields et al.[12] (1996) n=10 eyes n (%) | Kaliki et al.[17] (2013) n=35 eyes n (%) | |
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Radical | ||||
Primary Enucleation | 38 (68) | 12 (75) | 4 (40) | 21 (60) |
Secondary Enucleation | 8 (14) | 4 (25) | 4 (40) | 5 (14) |
Primary Exenteration | 3 (5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Secondary Exenteration | 5 (9) | 1 (2) | 1 (10) | 1 (3) |
Conservative | ||||
Cryotherapy | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) |
Partial Lamellar sclerouvectomy | 10 (18) | 4 (25) | 6 (60) | 8 (23) |
Primary Plaque Brachytherapy | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (9) |
Secondary Plaque brachytherapy | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (20) | 2 (6) |
External beam Radiotherapy (Adjuvant) | 0 (0) | 2 (12) | 1 (10) | 1 (3) |
Chemotherapy | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) |