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Descriptor English: Phacoemulsification
Descriptor Spanish: Facoemulsificación
Descriptor facoemulsificación
Scope note: Procedimiento para eliminar la lente cristalino en la cirugía de cataratas, en el que se efectúa una capsulectomía anterior mediante una aguja insertada a través de una pequeña incisión en el limbo temporal, lo que permite que el contenido de la lente caiga a través de la pupila dilatada hacia la cámara anterior, donde es desintegrado mediante ultrasonido y aspirado hacia el exterior del ojo a través de la incisión. (Traducción libre del original: Cline, et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed & In Focus 1993;1(1):1)
Descriptor Portuguese: Facoemulsificação
Descriptor French: Phacoémulsification
Entry term(s): Phacoemulsifications
Tree number(s): E04.540.825.249.704
E04.943.875
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018918
Scope note: A procedure for removal of the crystalline lens in cataract surgery in which an anterior capsulectomy is performed by means of a needle inserted through a small incision at the temporal limbus, allowing the lens contents to fall through the dilated pupil into the anterior chamber where they are broken up by the use of ultrasound and aspirated out of the eye through the incision. (Cline, et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed & In Focus 1993;1(1):1)
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: Cataract Extraction (1970-1995)
Public MeSH Note: 96
History Note: 96
DeCS ID: 32652
Unique ID: D018918
NLM Classification: WW 260
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Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1995/01/06
Revision Date: 2011/06/24
Phacoemulsification - Preferred
Concept UI M0028287
Scope note A procedure for removal of the crystalline lens in cataract surgery in which an anterior capsulectomy is performed by means of a needle inserted through a small incision at the temporal limbus, allowing the lens contents to fall through the dilated pupil into the anterior chamber where they are broken up by the use of ultrasound and aspirated out of the eye through the incision. (Cline, et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed & In Focus 1993;1(1):1)
Preferred term Phacoemulsification
Entry term(s) Phacoemulsifications



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