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Evisceration is a surgical procedure involving the surgical removal of the intraocular contents of the globe with or without keratectomy. It involves minimal disruption of the orbital contents with the best cosmetic result over enucleation . It is contraindicated in a patient who has a history of intraocular tumor. In a blind eye, a B scan ultrasound must be done to rule out an occult tumor. Expansion sclerotomies have improve the outcomes in evisceration surgical technique. The procedure takes less time than enucleation surgery, can be done under general or monitored assisted anesthesia with minimal complications.
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Levine, M.R. (2020). Evisceration. In: El Toukhy, E. (eds) Oculoplastic Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36934-7_43
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