[Analysis of the causes of enucleations performed at the Department of Ophthalmology of the Medical University of Lódź].
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.
Wilczyński
Michał
M
Z Kliniki Chorób Oczu Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Lodzi.
Omulecki
Wojciech
W
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