[Prevalence of eye loss. 2. Study of age variables and correlation with etiology, sex and ophthalmic surgery].

The authors present and discuss the results of a survey on prevalence of atrophy or absence of the eye considering the variable age and its correlations with etiology, sex and ophthalmologic surgery, realized on patients submitted to prosthetic treatment at the Ocular, Prosthesis Section of the Maxillo-Facial Prosthesis Dept of the Dentistry School, University of São Paulo.