Review of 345 eye amputations carried out in the period 1996–2003, at Rigshospitalet, Denmark

Abstract

The most frequent indications for eye amputation were painful blind eye (37%) and neoplasm (34%). During the study period, the annual number of eye amputations was stable, but an increase in bulbar eviscerations was noticed. Orbital implants were used in 33% of patients in 1996 and 67% in 2003.