Enucleation
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Intervention: Enucleation |
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ICD-9 code: | 16.4 | |
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Enucleation is removal of the eye leaving the eye muscles and remaining orbital contents intact. This type of ocular surgery is indicated for a number of different ocular tumors and in eyes that have suffered severe trauma.[1]