Research Article

Clinical Review of Ocular Traumas Resulting in Enucleation or Evisceration in a Tertiary Eye Care Center in Hungary

Table 1

Demographic and medical characteristics of patients with enucleation or evisceration due to ocular trauma.

Total eyes (n = 124)Primary enucleation/eviscerationSecondary enucleation/evisceration value

Procedure, n (%)0.148
 (i) Enucleation98 (79.0)22 (91.7)76 (76.0)
 (ii) Evisceration26 (21.0)2 (8.3)24 (24.0)

Sex, n (%)0.938
 (i) Male91 (73.4)18 (75.0)73 (73.0)
 (ii) Female33 (26.6)6 (25.0)27 (27.0)

Laterality, n (%)0.415
 (i) Right62 (50.0)9 (37.5)53 (53.0)
 (ii) Left62 (50.0)15 (62.5)47 (47.0)

Age at the time of the trauma, years (mean ± SD (range))37.3 ± 26.0 (1–100)57.7 ± 22.7 (10–100)32.4 ± 24.4 (1–87)<0.00001

Age at the time of enucleation/evisceration, years (mean ± SD)46.9 ± 20.3 (3–100)57.7 ± 22.7 (10–100)44.2 ± 18.9 (3–87)0.0073

Time between trauma and enucleation/evisceration, months (mean ± SD (range))114.9 ± 163.5 (0.3–840)0.04 ± 0.04 (0.03–0.23)142.5 ± 171.0 (0.1–840)<0.00001

Best corrected distance visual acuity (LogMAR) at the time of trauma (mean ± SD (range))2.69 ± 0.65 (0.10–3.00)2.97 ± 0.09 (2.70–3.00)2.52 ± 0.77 (0.10–3.00)0.052

Best corrected distance visual acuity (LogMAR) at the time of enucleation/evisceration (mean ± SD (range))2.94 ± 0.14 (2.30–3.00)2.95 ± 0.11 (2.70–3.00)2.93 ± 0.15 (2.30–3.00)0.865

Number of preexisting ocular factors at the time of the trauma, n (mean ± SD (range))1.1 ± 0.4 (0–2)1.2 ± 0.7 (0–2)1.1 ± 0.3 (0–2)0.362

Number of preexisting systemic diseases and social factors at the time of the trauma, n (mean ± SD (range))1.2 ± 0.8 (0–5)1.3 ± 0.8 (0–2)1.3 ± 0.8 (0–5)0.161

Average number of surgeries between trauma and enucleation/evisceration, n (mean ± SD (range))1.6 ± 1.6 (0–8)02.0 ± 1.6 (0–8)<0.00001