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Surgical Procedures, Operative > Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures > Orbit Evisceration

Preferred term

Orbit Evisceration

Topical Descriptor

Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures

Eye Evisceration

Evisceration, Orbital
Eviscerations, Orbital
Orbital Evisceration
Orbital Eviscerations

do not confuse with EYE EVISCERATION, "removal of the inner contents of the eye, leaving the sclera intact"

The surgical removal of the contents of the orbit. This includes the eyeball, blood vessels, muscles, fat, nerve supply, and periosteum. It should be differentiated from EYE EVISCERATION which removes the inner contents of the eye, leaving the sclera intact.

History note

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silmämunan tyhjennys

Finnish
orbitan periosteiitti
silmäkuopan luukalvon tulehdus
silmämunan eviskeraatio
Utrymning av ögonhåla

Swedish
Evisceration av orbita

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017233

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