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Descriptor English: Scleral Buckling
Descriptor Spanish: Curvatura de la Esclerótica
Descriptor cerclaje escleral
Entry term(s) bucle escleral
curvatura de la esclera
Scope note: Operación para el desprendimiento de retina que reduce el tamaño del globo, mediante el hendido de la esclerótica hasta que se aproxime a la retina.
Descriptor Portuguese: Recurvamento da Esclera
Descriptor French: Indentation sclérale
Entry term(s): Buckling, Scleral
Bucklings, Scleral
Scleral Bucklings
Tree number(s): E04.540.890
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012591
Scope note: An operation for retinal detachment which reduces the size of the globe by indenting the sclera so that it approximates the retina.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Retinal Detachment/surgery (1966-1974)
Sclera (1966-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 75
History Note: 75
Related: Retinal Detachment MeSH
DeCS ID: 12972
Unique ID: D012591
NLM Classification: WW 230
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1975/09/01
Date of Entry: 1974/11/11
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Scleral Buckling - Preferred
Concept UI M0019538
Scope note An operation for retinal detachment which reduces the size of the globe by indenting the sclera so that it approximates the retina.
Preferred term Scleral Buckling
Entry term(s) Buckling, Scleral
Bucklings, Scleral
Scleral Bucklings



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