title: [Analysis of the causes of enucleations performed at the Department of Ophthalmology of the Medical University of Lódź].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To gather and analyse the data about causes of enucleations, which were performed in the Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Lódź.
  
  
  METHODS
  The data were based on case histories. The whole examined group consisted of 57 patients, who had an enucleation surgery done in the period from June 1999 to June 2003. The analyzed data included: clinical diagnosis, visual acuity, intraocular pressure, results of histopathology examination and results of diagnostic imaging examinations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most frequent causes of enucleations were: intraocular tumors (fraction 0.51 of the whole group), painful blind eyes (fraction 0.33), endophthalmitis (fraction 0.12) and ocular traumas (fraction 0.04).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite significant advances in ophthalmology in recent years, enucleation remains a method of treatment. The main indications for this type of surgery are: intraocular tumors, painful blind eyes, severe endophthalmitis and some cases of ocular trauma.
authors.affiliation: Z Kliniki Chorób Oczu Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Lodzi.
authors.forename: Michał
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wilczyński
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Omulecki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001766:Blindness / Q000150:complications; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000601:surgery; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000601:surgery; D011044:Poland; D012189:Retrospective Studies