title: [Profile of patients with anophthalmic cavity: study at Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu - UNESP].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the profile of anophthalmic cavity carriers and patients' evolution with the employed treatments.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective study carried out at Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, to evaluate the profile and the evolution of patients with anophthalmic cavity treated in our service. Data were evaluated according to the frequency of occurrence and analysis of association.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Anophthalmic cavity was more frequently observed in young males, workers in activities carried on with their hands. Trauma and phthisis bulbi were the most frequent causes, with differences according to age and gender. The complications were high (57.1% of cases), the majority occurred belatedly.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Trauma is still an important cause of loss of the eye. The complications during the follow-up of the patient are frequent, occurring in general, very late, which reinforces the need for periodic and prolonged monitoring of patients with anophthalmic cavity.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Oftalmologia, Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Narikawa
authors.forename: Kryscia Leiko
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Natsuaki
authors.forename: Juliana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fruet
authors.forename: Carlos Roberto
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Padovani
authors.forename: Silvana Artioli
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Schellini
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D015353:Eye Enucleation / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D017234:Eye Evisceration / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications; D005137:Eye, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009790:Occupations; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult