vitrectomy
Sign in to saveVitrectomy is a surgery to remove some or all of the vitreous humor from the eye.
Key facts
- Medical intervention.Name
- Vitrectomy
- Medical intervention.Image
- Vitrectomy-23g.jpg
- Medical intervention.Caption
- Three port 23-gauge vitrectomy
- Medical intervention.ICD9
- -
- Medical intervention.MeshID
- D014821
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10 sectionsContents
- Anesthesia for vitrectomy
- ''Pars plana'' vitrectomy
- Additional surgical steps
- Indications
- Complications
- Recovery
- Outcome
- Cultural references
- See also
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Vitrectomy is a surgery to remove some or all of the vitreous humor from the eye.
Anterior vitrectomy entails removing small portions of the vitreous humor from the front structures of the eye—often because these are tangled in an intraocular lens or other structures.