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Descriptor English: Orbit Evisceration
Descriptor Spanish: Evisceración Orbitaria
Descriptor exenteración orbitaria
Scope note: Extirpación quirúrgica del contenido de la órbita. Incluye el globo ocular, vasos sanguíneos, músculos, grasa, nervios y periostio. Debe diferenciarse de la EVISCERACION DEL OJO, en la que se elimina el contenido interno del ojo, dejando intacta la esclerótica.
Descriptor Portuguese: Exenteração Orbitária
Descriptor French: Éviscération de l'orbite
Entry term(s): Evisceration, Orbit
Evisceration, Orbital
Eviscerations, Orbit
Eviscerations, Orbital
Orbit Eviscerations
Orbital Evisceration
Orbital Eviscerations
Tree number(s): E04.540.760
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017233
Scope note: The surgical removal of the contents of the orbit. This includes the eyeball, blood vessels, muscles, fat, nerve supply, and periosteum. It should be differentiated from EYE EVISCERATION which removes the inner contents of the eye, leaving the sclera intact.
Annotation: do not confuse with EYE EVISCERATION, "removal of the inner contents of the eye, leaving the sclera intact"
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: Orbit/surgery (1966-1992)
Public MeSH Note: 93
History Note: 93
Related: Eye Evisceration MeSH
DeCS ID: 30629
Unique ID: D017233
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Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/22
Revision Date: 1997/06/20
Orbit Evisceration - Preferred
Concept UI M0026148
Scope note The surgical removal of the contents of the orbit. This includes the eyeball, blood vessels, muscles, fat, nerve supply, and periosteum. It should be differentiated from EYE EVISCERATION which removes the inner contents of the eye, leaving the sclera intact.
Preferred term Orbit Evisceration
Entry term(s) Evisceration, Orbit
Evisceration, Orbital
Eviscerations, Orbit
Eviscerations, Orbital
Orbit Eviscerations
Orbital Evisceration
Orbital Eviscerations



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