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What is the status of the enucleation procedure?

What is the status of the enucleation procedure?

Assigned status Update Pending by Cat Nguyen Burkat, MD FACS on May 4, 2019. Enucleation is the surgical procedure that involves removal of the entire globe and its intraocular contents, with preservation of all other periorbital and orbital structures.

When was the first surgery for enucleation performed?

The surgical removal of the eye was first reported in the 1500s as a procedure known as extirpation. Unlike an enucleation, the conjunctiva and extraocular muscles were not spared. By the mid 1800s, an enucleation without implant placement was described in the literature.

How is the cornea removed in an enucleation?

The entire eye (globe) is removed in an enucleation. The muscles that control eye movement are left intact and are resewn to the spherical implant (artificial eyeball). Evisceration. During an evisceration, the cornea (clear, dome-shaped window at the front of the eye) and the contents of the eye are removed.

What should I expect after eye enucleation surgery?

Most patients have mild discomfort after surgery (Video 2), which comes mainly from two things: The patch will be applying gentle pressure to a tender area. Because both of your eyes move together, when the seeing eye moves, the muscles in your enucleated eye will move as well.

Are there any alternatives to enucleation in eye surgery?

Recommending enucleation is one of the most difficult therapeutic decisions in ophthalmology. In some cases of malignancy, cryotherapy, laser photocoagulation, diathermy, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy may be viable alternatives to surgery. When surgery is chosen, evisceration or exenteration may be alternatives to enucleation.

Most patients have mild discomfort after surgery (Video 2), which comes mainly from two things: The patch will be applying gentle pressure to a tender area. Because both of your eyes move together, when the seeing eye moves, the muscles in your enucleated eye will move as well.

What can be done in place of enucleation?

In some cases of malignancy, cryotherapy, laser photocoagulation, diathermy, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy may be viable alternatives to surgery. When surgery is chosen, evisceration or exenteration may be alternatives to enucleation.

The entire eye (globe) is removed in an enucleation. The muscles that control eye movement are left intact and are resewn to the spherical implant (artificial eyeball). Evisceration. During an evisceration, the cornea (clear, dome-shaped window at the front of the eye) and the contents of the eye are removed.