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Descriptor English: Sclerostomy
Descriptor Spanish: Esclerostomía
Descriptor esclerostomía
Scope note: Formación quirúrgica de una abertura externa en la esclerótica, principalmente empleada para el tratamiento del glaucoma.
Descriptor Portuguese: Esclerostomia
Descriptor French: Sclérostomie
Entry term(s): Sclerostomies
Tree number(s): E04.540.450.600
E04.579.895
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012599
Scope note: Surgical formation of an external opening in the sclera, primarily in the treatment 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: Glaucoma/surgery (1971-1987)
Sclera/surgery (1971-1987)
Public MeSH Note: 88
History Note: 88
DeCS ID: 23063
Unique ID: D012599
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1988/01/01
Date of Entry: 1987/03/23
Revision Date: 1997/06/20
Sclerostomy - Preferred
Concept UI M0019551
Scope note Surgical formation of an external opening in the sclera, primarily in the treatment of glaucoma.
Preferred term Sclerostomy
Entry term(s) Sclerostomies



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