Causes of enucleation in Uganda.

The following data have beeii collected from Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. This is the nmain hospital in Uganda, and is the clinical teaching centre of the Medical School of Makerere University College. The Eye Department has 36 beds, and there are six other smaller eye units in Uganda. Most of our cases come from areas near the hospital, i.e. from Buganda, although some come from other regions. Our cases were unselected, and it was our aim to include all eniucleations in this part of Uganda for the 5 years i963 to I967. Altogether 207 eyes were removed by enucleation, evisceration, or (in a few cases of malignant tumour) exenteration of the orbit. All were treated as inpatients. The indications for enucleation in this series do not differ from what is generally accepted in most clinics.