J Clin Ophthalmol Eye Disord | Volume 3, Issue 1 | Review Article | Open Access
Mathias Mabvuure Mukona1, George Nyandoro2*, Vasco Chikwasha2 and Rangarirai Masanganise1
1Department of Ophthalmology, College of Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
2Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
*Correspondance to: George Nyandoro
Fulltext PDFAim: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of the different types of destructive eye surgery and their indications. Design and Setting: This was a retrospective cross sectional study involving a review of surgical records of all evisceration, enucleation and exenteration procedures done between January 2008 and December 2013 at Sekuru Kaguvi Eye Hospital. Subjects and
Methods: Simple random sampling was used to select 362 patient files. Patient notes files were used to collect necessary information.
Results: A total study population of 362 patients had destructive eye surgery with a male to female ratio of 1.03:1. Their age ranged from 1 year to 93 years. The average age-group of 21 to 30 years, had the highest prevalence of 27.07% whilst the less than 10 years group had the lowest prevalence of eye surgical operations of 6.63%. Out of 362 (100%) destructive eye surgeries; 167 (46.13%) were eviscerations, 144 (39.78%) exenteration and 51 (14.09%) enucleation. The most common type of destructive eye surgery was evisceration 46.13% followed by exenteration 39.78% and lastly enucleation 14.09%. The most common causes of destructive eye surgery were Ocular Squamous Surface Neoplasia (OSSN) 45% (163), followed by trauma-ruptured globe 22.65% (82), panophthalmitis 18.78% (68).
Conclusion: According to this study, the most common type of destructive eye surgery is evisceration, followed by exenteration and the least being enucleation. This study has also revealed that Ocular squamous surface neoplasia remains the most common indication for destructive eye surgery followed by ruptured globe and panophthalmitis.
Prevalence; Epidemiology of destructive eye surgery; Indications
Mukona MM, Nyandoro G, Chikwasha V, Masanganise R. Prevalence of Destructive Eye Surgery and Their Indications at Sekuru Kaguvi Eye Hospital, Harare: A Review of Surgical Records from 2008 to 2013. J Clin Ophthalmol Eye Disord. 2019; 3(1): 1027.