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Enucleation (surgical removal of the eye) in a patient with retinoblastoma! 👀
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Enucleation (surgical removal of the eye) in a patient with retinoblastoma! 👀

Retinoblastoma is a rare malignant tumor of the retina, affecting young children, typically before the age of 5. Surgery is not needed for all retinoblastomas, especially for smaller tumors. But if a tumor gets quite large before it is found, vision in the eye has often already been destroyed, with no hope of getting it back. The usual treatment in this case is enucleation, an operation to remove the whole eye, plus part of the optic nerve attached to it. This is done while the patient is under general anesthesia (in an induced deep sleep).During the same operation, an orbital implant is usually put in to take the place of the eyeball. The implant is made out of silicone or hydroxyapatite (a substance similar to bone). It is attached to the muscles that moved the eye, so it should move the same way as the eye would have.Photo by @navidmk

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almost 5 years ago

Retrobulbar and one Lazer cateract surgery major surgery driver needed and too and from surgery and wait til completely healed don't strain your opticle strain can cause tear on retinal more and can form granular on your eyelid too not open close properly. And get proper eyedrops proper get eye wear fro sun light

almost 5 years ago

Retinoblastoma is rare condition?

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