Ocular evisceration etiology
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Keywords
Eye Evisceration, Epidemiology, Endophthalmitis, Ophtalmologic Surgical Procedures
Abstract
Background: The aim of this paper was to determine the most common etiology of ocular evisceration in a tertiary-level hospital.
Methods: Observational and retrospective study in the Ophthalmology Department from January 2013 to December 2016 at the Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI.
Results: Of the 54 eviscerations, exogenous endophthalmitis was found 25.90%, ocular trauma 22.2%, painful blind eye 14.8%, perforated corneal ulcer and endogenous endophthalmitis both in 13% and perforated infectious corneal ulcers 11.1%; 70.4% were associated with systemic comorbidities and 79.6% were associated with ophthalmologic comorbidities.
Conclusions: Exogenous endophthalmitis is the most frequent evisceration; the loss of an eyeball, has important social and labor impact, and economic for the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social.
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