[Observation or enucleation--a still unsolved problem in patients with uveal melanoma].

The authors performed retrospective investigations and evaluated the influence of the period of time between the onset of the first symptoms of the disease and the enucleation on the life expectations; the groups of patients treated by enucleation and non-treated were compared. Various opinions on the influence of enucleation on the prognosis in patients with uveal melanoma were discussed.