ENUCLEATION AND EVISCERATION IN ICELAND 1964-1992 - STUDY IN A DEFINED POPULATION

A retrospective study showed that from 1963-1992 200 eyes were enuclea ted or eviscerated in Iceland, The mean annual age-adjusted incidence per 100 000 population was 2.66, 50% higher for males than females, Th e mean annual age- and gender-adjusted incidence has decreased; was hi ghest 3.58 per 100 000 for the period 1971-1978, but was 1.76 per 100 000 for the period 1985-1991, The indications were 1) Blind painful ey e (92 eyes), 2) Suspicion of malignant neoplasm (49 eyes), 3) Acute tr auma (35 eyes), 4) Corneal ulcer (17 eyes), 5) Other (7 eyes), Of blin d painful eyes only 12 (6%) were due to neovascular glaucoma, Medical care is self-contained within the country, the incidence for enucleati on is decreasing for all categories except malignancy.