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Clinicodemographic profile of orbital exenteration in a tertiary eye care center - A 20-year experience.

Rachna MeelNeelam PushkerSeema KashyapShweta ChaurasiaAishwarya RathodMandeep Singh BajajSeema SenSahil Agrawal
Published in: Indian journal of ophthalmology (2024)
The number of exenterations performed have significantly increased in terms of absolute numbers. However, the ratio of exenteration to other tumor-related surgeries, mainly excision biopsy, has reduced compared to that reported from a previous study. The most common indication in our study remains eyelid malignancy followed by intraocular malignancy. However, SCC has emerged as the most common tumor histologic subtype requiring exenterations.
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