Research Article

Clinical Review of Microbial Corneal Ulcers Resulting in Enucleation and Evisceration in a Tertiary Eye Care Center in Hungary

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of patients who underwent enucleation or evisceration due to infectious keratitis between January 2007 and December 2018 at the Department of Ophthalmology of Semmelweis University (Budapest, Hungary) (48 eyes of 47 patients).

Number of patients (n)47
Number of enucleations and eviscerations (n)48
 Number of enucleations (n)46 (95.8%)
 Number of eviscerations (n)2 (4.2%)
Sex
 Male (n)18 (38.3%)
 Female (n)29 (61.7%)
Age at the time of the enucleation or evisceration66.4 ± 18.5 years
Laterality
 Right (n, %)23 (47.9%)
 Left (n, %)25 (52.1%)