A Statistical Observation of Causes of Enucleation.

Rim, Yang Su; Yoon, Pyung Yul

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1979;20(3):299-302.
Published online March 1, 1979.

A Statistical Observation of Causes of Enucleation.

Yang Su Rim, Pyung Yul Yoon

Department of Ophthalmology, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.

안구적출의 원인에 대한 통계적 고찰

임양수 , 윤평열 ( Yang Soo Im , Pyung Yul Yoon )

Abstract

The authors analysed statistically 169 cases of enucleation among 132, 168 outpatients, 3, 786 inpatients, 4,640 eye operations who visited to the National Medical Center for 16 years duration from Jan. 1962 to Dec. 1977. 1) The incidence of enucleation is 0.13% of all eye outpatients. 2) The male and female ratio is 2.2:1. 3) The frequency of enucleation is as follows, malignant tumor, retinoblastoma(the majority) 42 cases(24.9%), corneal disease, staphyloma(the majority) 38 cases(22.5%), glaucoma 30 cases(17.8%), panophthalmitis 23 cases(l3.6%), trauma 19 cases(11.2%) and phthisis bulbi 17 cases(10.0%).