title: Incidence of enucleation in a defined population.
abstract: We conducted a population-based study of long-term trends in the incidence of enucleation. From 1956 through 1988, enucleation was performed on 99 residents (55 males and 44 females) of Olmsted County, Minnesota. The mean annual age-adjusted incidence per 100,000 population for males (5.17) was 50% greater than that for females (3.49; P = .04). An increase in the enucleation rate was noted with increasing age (P = .001), with the highest incidence in patients who were 70 to 79 years of age. A decrease in the incidence of enucleation over time (P = .002) was observed in Olmsted County residents who were at least 40 years of age and was caused primarily by the decreasing incidence of neovascular glaucoma and tumor-related enucleations. The incidence of traumatic enucleations did not significantly decrease (P = .25) over this three-decade study period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Erie
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Nevitt
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hodge
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Ballard
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003625:Data Collection; D003710:Demography; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D015353:Eye Enucleation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008910:Minnesota / Q000453:epidemiology; D014792:Visual Acuity