International Journal of Travel Medicine and Global Health

International Journal of Travel Medicine and Global Health

Causes and Results of Eye Removal Surgery in Yazd, Iran

Authors
Nasim Oveisi
Tohid Emami Meybodi
Mohammad Reza Besharati
Mohammad Reza Shoja
Farkhonde Khaleghi Dehshiri
Elahe Abbasi Shavazi
Sajad Besharati
Geriateric Ophthalmology Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
Abstract
Introduction: Removing eyes has different indications. We surveyed the causes and results of eye removal surgery in Yazd, Iran.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the profile of 102 patients who had underwent eye removal surgery for any reason in the Shahid Sadoughi hospital during the last 10 years. The demographic characteristics, causes of enucleation, the interval between an accident and an eye surgery, and postoperative complications were analyzed.

Results:  In 102 patients (males, 68.6% and females, 31.4%) most cases were laborers (21.6%).The two most common causes of eye enucleation were  trauma (60.9%) and painful blind eye (15.7%). Trauma was the most frequent cause in the age group of  ≤20 years old (78.9%) (P-value< 0.001). In 30.4% of the cases, our management was Sympathetic ophthalmia prevention.

Conclusion: The first cause of eye removal surgery in our study was trauma, especially in the young men. To reduce the rate of this surgery, protective proceeding, early diagnosis, and treatment of many diseases will be useful.
Keywords
Wounds and Injuries
Eye Enucleation
Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures
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International Journal of Travel Medicine and Global Health
Volume 2, Issue 3 - Serial Number 6
Summer 2014
Pages 119-122

  • Receive Date 20 June 2014
  • Revise Date 25 July 2014
  • Accept Date 03 August 2014