Enucleation & Evisceration

Eye Removal Surgery: Overview

Reasons for Removal

Painful Blind Eye
In certain cases, blind eyes become extremely painful due to increased pressure and/or inflammation. In most cases, removing the eye leads to dramatic pain relief.

Cosmetically Unacceptable Blind Eye
A blind eye will sometimes shrink or have an unsightly appearance for other reasons. Most of the time the removed eye will be replaced with a prosthetic (or artificial) eye.

Severely Infected Blind Eye
Sometimes a blind eye will become severely infected with no hope of recovery. In these cases, the eye is removed to prevent the spread of infection to other parts of the body.

Tumor
Some eyes develop cancerous growths and are removed to prevent the cancer from spreading. when this is the case, complete removal of the eyeball is necessary.