Enucleation
Like other surgical processes, Enucleation is performed under general anesthesia. Thought his surgery can also be done by keeping patient conscious just by anesthetizing and numbing the entire eye. This whole process normally takes almost 40-60 minutes.
In Enucleation process, the eye ball has been removed and immediately after the removal of eye ball, an orbital artificial organ, just the size of an eye ball is inserted deep in the eye-hole. Muscles are attached to this artificial organ to improve motility of eye. The implant is enclosed outwardly with mucous membrane for protection.
As the Enucleation process is completed, the eyelids are covered by a pressure patch lessen the swelling of the socket tissues. This normally is the process of 1-4 days after the surgery. Though this patch causes some difficulty for the patient but it is necessary for the protection of the inner surface of eye.
Removal of the defected eye by enucleation process can relieve pain and can save an eye-function from worst condition. Each and every body part has its own significance and removal of any part can make a man able to think about the importance of body organs.
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