The Eye Amputated – Consequences of Eye Amputation with Emphasis on Clinical Aspects, Phantom Eye Syndrome and Quality of Life

In this thesis the term eye amputation (EA) covers the removing of an eye by: evisceration, enucleation and exenteration. Amputation of an eye is most frequently the end‐stage in a complicated disease, or the primary treatment in trauma and neoplasm. In 2010 the literature is extensive due to knowledge about types of surgery, implants and surgical technique. However, not much is known about the time past surgery.

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