title: Clinico-pathologic study of 70 enucleations.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess patients' history, demographic charactertics, cause for enucleation and orbital implant trends.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional descriptive case study of 70 patients who underwent enucleation for various reasons between January 2004 to June 2007 at Khyber Institute of Ophthalmic Medical Sciences, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar were reviewed. The patients' history, demographic characteristics, cause for enucleation after histopathology and the type of orbital implant were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seventy eyes of patients who underwent enucleation were reviewed. The male patients were 62.85% and female 37.14%. The most common age group involved was paediatric in 51.42%. Retinoblastoma was the most common indication for enucleation in 42.85% of children followed by choroidal melanoma in 17.14%, painful blind eye in 11.42% and phthisis bulbi in 8.57% in adults. Enucleation with orbital implant was done in 45.71%, with dermofat graft in 34.28% and no implant in 20%. The most common complication being erosion in 21.87% and excessive discharge in 15.62%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Males were the usual victims. Majority of patients were of paediatric age group. The most common indications for enucleation was retinoblastoma in children and choroidal melanoma and painful blind eye in adults.
authors.affiliation: Khyber Institute of Ophthalmic Medical Sciences, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar.
authors.forename: Tariq Farooq
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Babar
authors.forename: Mahfooz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.forename: Mir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zaman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D015353:Eye Enucleation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D020273:Orbital Implants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D019572:Retinal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012175:Retinoblastoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult