Indications for eye removal over a 13-year period at an ophthalmology referral center in São Paulo, Brazil
| Autor: | Gustavo Rocha, Márcia Serva Lowen, Bernardo Hime, Bruno F. Fernandes, Jordan Isenberg, Rubens N. Belfort, Melina Morales |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent genetic structures Enucleation Ocular Melanoma Context (language use) Evisceração do olho Eye Enucleation Young Adult Endophthalmitis Age Distribution lcsh:Ophthalmology Ophthalmology Enucleação ocular medicine Humans Eye removal Panophthalmitis Sex Distribution Child Referral and Consultation Melanoma Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over Eye evisceration Retinoblastoma business.industry Brasil Eye Neoplasms Infant General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease eye diseases lcsh:RE1-994 Child Preschool Eye enucleation Female sense organs Phthisis bulbi business Eye Evisceration Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia v.80 n.4 2017 Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia (CBO) instacron:CBO Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia, Vol 80, Iss 4, Pp 220-223 |
| Popis: | Purpose: To analyze the indications and types of eye removal at Latin America's highest-volume ophthalmic reference center in São Paulo, Brazil. Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted of surgical pathological reports in the electronic database of the Ophthalmology Department of the Universidade Federal de São Paulo Hospital of patients who underwent eye-removal procedures between January 2000 and December 2012. Results: A total of 412 cases met the inclusion criteria for this study. The most common indications for eye removal were ocular melanoma and retinoblastoma, representing 35.4% and 31.1% of the total cases, respectively. Other frequent indications included endophthalmitis (6.3%), nonspecific inflammation (4.1%), squamous cell carcinoma (3.6%), panophthalmitis (3.4%), and phthisis bulbi (1.2%). The remaining indications accounted for 14.8% of all cases, with each accounting for |
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