Abstract
Eye removal surgery can be challenging clinically for the surgeon and emotionally for the patient. There are three main techniques of eye removal including evisceration (removal of the intraocular contents and cornea with retention of the patient’s sclera and natural extraocular muscle attachments), enucleation (removal of the entire globe with lysis of the natural attachments of the extraocular muscles and severing of the optic nerve proper), and exenteration (removal of the entire orbital contents, including the globe if present). The choice of technique is dependent upon the disease process being addressed and patient factors such as the condition of the native sclera, medical comorbidities, anticoagulation, and the presence and extent of traumatic damage.