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Surgical Procedures, Operative > Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures > Eye Evisceration

Preferred term

Eye Evisceration  

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Note

  • do not confuse with EYE ENUCLEATION ("removal of eyeball leaving eye muscle & remaining orbital contents intact") or ORBIT EVISCERATION ("removal of contents of orbit, including eyeball, blood vessels, muscles, fat, nerve supply & periosteum")

Scope note

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

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017234

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