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How long is the eye painful after enucleation surgery? overall recovery time?
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one week: Most enucleations require about one week for the socket to quiet down enough that pain is minimal. The pain relates a little to swelling and also to the fact that the eye muscles continue to act on motion of the other eye, which stretches the tissue-causing pain. Recovery overall is 3-4 weeks at which time the socket is ready for an artificial eye to be made.
Answered 2/9/2017
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