A Clinical Study of Evisceration and Enucleation in Kwangju and Chonnam Population

ABSTRACT

We performed a retrospective study on evisceration and enucleation operated at Chosun University hospital and Chonnam University hospital during the period of 10 years from January 1982 to December 1991. The total number of cases was 550. The incidence was mow common in male. The male and female ratio was 1.85 1(Male 64.9%, Female 35.1%). The frequency of enucleation and evisceration was as follows trauma; 281 cases(51.1%), glaucoma; 76 cases(13.8%), corneal ulcer; 69 cases(12.6%), panophthalmitis; 43 cases(7.8%), tumor; 33 cases(6.0%), phthisis bulbi, 26 cases(4.7%), others; 22 cases(4.0%). The most frequent cause of the trauma whitch had been eviscerated or enucleated was traffic accident; 129 cases(45.9%), followed by violence; 73 cases(25.9%), industrial accident, 37 cases(13.2%), toy and pencil; 19 cases(6.8%), sports; 12 cases(4.3%), unknown; 11 cases(3.9%). The age-related incidence was peak in the third decades 86 cases(15.6%), followed by fifth decades 85 cases(15.5%) and fourth and sixth decades 82 cases(14.9%), respectively. The mean annual incidince rate was significantly greater among males than females 2.33 per 100,000 population and 1.93 per 100,000 population, respectively. The overall mean annual rate was 2.13.