Orbital Exenteration in University College Hospital Ibadan: A 10-Year Review
Abstract
Orbital exenteration (OE) is a disfiguring surgical eye removal procedure mostly performed for malignant orbital tumors, and involves removal of the eyeball with the orbital soft tissue.1,2 However, OE is occasionally performed for non-malignant diseases of the orbit which are refractive to other modalities of treatment, for control of pain, or cosmesis.3,4 The aim of this study was to report the demographic profile, clinical presentation, histological diagnoses and changing trends in patients who had OE in a tertiary health facility, southwestern Nigeria.
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