| Phthisis bulbi | |
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| Phthisis bulbi of the right eye | |
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| Specialty | Ophthalmology  |
| Symptoms | Shrunken eye with little or no function |
| Causes | Eye surgery |
| Risk factors | Eye injury, Eye surgery, eye disease |
| Prevention | By treating the condition before the eye goes to pthisis |
| Treatment | Surgery |
| Prognosis | Usually permanent blindness in affected eye |
| Deaths | 0 |
Phthisis bulbi is a shrunken,[1] non-functional eye. It may result from severe eye disease, inflammation[2] or injury, or it may represent a complication of eye surgery.[3] Treatment options include insertion of a prosthesis, which may be preceded by enucleation of the eye.[4][5]
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- ^ Hui JI (September 2010). "Outcomes of orbital implants after evisceration and enucleation in patients with endophthalmitis". Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 21 (5): 375–9. doi:10.1097/ICU.0b013e32833b7a56. PMID 20489621.
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- ^ Cote RE, Haddad SE (1990). "Fitting a prosthesis over phthisis bulbi or discolored blind eyes". Adv Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 8: 136–45. PMID 2248703.
- ^ Soares IP, França VP (May 2010). "Evisceration and enucleation". Semin Ophthalmol. 25 (3): 94–7. doi:10.3109/08820538.2010.488575. PMID 20590419.