. Surgery, its principles and practice . Fig. 472.—Enucleation of an Eyeball (after Haab).The globe has been rotated to the extreme right and the optic nerve is being divided with the scissors. hours. The sutures should be removed on the third or fourth day, andan artificial eye adjusted at the expiration of two weeks. Very occasionally severe hemorrhage follows an enucleation, generallyas the result of some anomalous distribution of vessels. It practicallyalways can be controlled by packing. It is difficult to seize the bleedingpoint with a hemostat, although this may be tried. In one or two
. Surgery, its principles and practice . Fig. 472.—Enucleation of an Eyeball (after Haab).The globe has been rotated to the extreme right and the optic nerve is being divided with the scissors. hours. The sutures should be removed on the third or fourth day, andan artificial eye adjusted at the expiration of two weeks. Very occasionally severe hemorrhage follows an enucleation, generallyas the result of some anomalous distribution of vessels. It practicallyalways can be controlled by packing. It is difficult to seize the bleedingpoint with a hemostat, although this may be tried. In one or two casesof very severe and recurring bleeding, filling the socket with meltedparaffin has proved efficient. Complications following the operation are uncommon. A few cases ofmeningitis after enucleation of anon-suppurating globe have been reported,but the rarity of this affection is attested by the report of an Englishcommittee formed to investigate this matter. Among 10,734 cases col- ENUCLEATION OF EYEBALL AND ITS INDICATIONS. 903 lect
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