PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Koylu, Mehmet T.
AU  - Gokce, Gokcen
AU  - Uysal, Yusuf
AU  - Ceylan, Osman M.
AU  - Akıncıoglu, Dorukcan
AU  - Gunal, Armagan
TI  - Indications for eye removal surgeries
AID  - 10.15537/smj.2015.10.12031
DP  - 2015 Oct 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 1205--1209
VI  - 36
IP  - 10
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/36/10/1205.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/36/10/1205.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2015 Oct 01; 36
AB  - Objectives: To analyze the indications and types of eye removals at a military tertiary care hospital in Turkey.Methods: The medical records (age, gender, affected eye, type of surgical procedure, indications of surgery) of 123 patients who underwent evisceration and enucleation in the course of a 15-year period (January 2000 to December 2014) at Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey were reviewed retrospectively.Results: The mean age was 35.61±18.52 (range 3-80 years). The number of male in the patient group was 92 (74.8%) and female was 31 (25.2%). Patients who underwent evisceration were 95 (77.2%), whereas 28 (22.8%) of them underwent enucleation. The mean age of the eviscerated patients was 30.63±13.08, whereas the mean age of the enucleated patients was 52.50±23.92 (p<0.001). The leading indications for eye amputations were trauma (n=62, 50.4%), malignancy (n=20, 16.3%), painful blind eye and absolute glaucoma (n=20, 16.3%), endophthalmitis (n=12, 9.7%), and phthisis bulbi, and cosmetic reasons (n=9, 7.3%).Conclusion: Trauma was the most common etiology for evisceration, and malignancy was the most common etiology for enucleation. Using protective eyewear and early detection of intraocular malignancy and glaucoma through routine ophthalmic examinations are essential for providing non-invasive treatment modalities instead of eye removal.