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Descriptor English: Vitrectomy
Descriptor Spanish: Vitrectomía
Descriptor vitrectomía
Scope note: Extirpación de todo o parte del cuerpo vítreo para el tratamiento de la endoftalmitis, la retinopatía diabética, el desprendimiento de retina, cuerpos extraños intraoculares y algunos tipos de glaucoma.
Descriptor Portuguese: Vitrectomia
Descriptor French: Vitrectomie
Entry term(s): Vitrectomies
Tree number(s): E04.540.960
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014821
Scope note: Removal of the whole or part of the vitreous body in treating endophthalmitis, diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachment, intraocular foreign bodies, and some types of glaucoma.
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: Vitreous Body/surgery (1966-1983)
Public MeSH Note: 84
History Note: 84
DeCS ID: 15223
Unique ID: D014821
NLM Classification: WW 250
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Date Established: 1984/01/01
Date of Entry: 1983/02/09
Revision Date: 1997/06/20
Vitrectomy - Preferred
Concept UI M0022819
Scope note Removal of the whole or part of the vitreous body in treating endophthalmitis, diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachment, intraocular foreign bodies, and some types of glaucoma.
Preferred term Vitrectomy
Entry term(s) Vitrectomies



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