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Enucleation is the removal of the eye that leaves the eye muscles and remaining orbital contents intact. This type of ocular surgery is indicated for a number of ocular tumors , in eyes that have sustained severe trauma, and in eyes that are otherwise blind and painful.
Enucleation (surgery), the removal of a mass without cutting into or dissecting it Enucleation of the eye, removal of the eye that leaves the eye muscles and remaining orbital contents intact Self-enucleation, self-inflicted removal of the eye; Enucleation (microbiology), removing the nucleus of a cell and replacing it with a different nucleus
Enucleation is the removal of fibroids without removing the uterus (hysterectomy), which is also commonly performed. References ... additional terms may apply.
Evisceration differs from enucleation, as enucleation involves the removal of the scleral shell as well. Evisceration was first described by Bear in 1817 as an experimental treatment for expulsive hemorrhage, and with the advent of general anesthesia in the 1840’s the procedure was refined and ocular implants were developed.
Human ocular prosthesis of brown color. Cat with an ocular prosthesis. An ocular prosthesis, artificial eye or glass eye is a type of craniofacial prosthesis that replaces an absent natural eye following an enucleation, evisceration, or orbital exenteration.
Autoenucleation, also known as oedipism, is the self-inflicted enucleation (removal) of the eye. It is considered a form of self-mutilation and is normally caused by psychosis, paranoid delusions or drugs. [1] Between 1968 and 2018, there were more than 50 documented cases of "complete or partial self-enucleation in English medical journals". [2]
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The terms are derived from the Latin words for "left" (sinister) and "right" (dexter). Other disciplines use different terms (such as dextro-and laevo-rotary in chemistry, or clockwise and anticlockwise in physics) or simply use left and right (as in anatomy). Relative direction and chirality are distinct concepts.