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Enucleation is the surgical removal of the eyeball that leaves the eye muscles and remaining orbital contents intact. Purpose Enucleation is performed to remove large-sized eye tumors or as a result of traumatic injury when the eye cannot be preserved. In the case of tumors, the amount of radiation required to destroy a tumor of the eye may be too intense for the eye to bear.