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Descriptor English: Capsulorhexis
Descriptor Spanish: Capsulorrexis
Descriptor capsulorrexis
Scope note: Preparación de un borde circular continuo en la cápsula anterior durante la intervención de una catarata, con el fin de facilitar la expresión o la facoemulsificación del núcleo del cristalino. (Dorland, 28a ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Capsulorrexe
Descriptor French: Capsulorhexis
Entry term(s): Capsulorrhexis
Tree number(s): E04.540.825.249.352
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019923
Scope note: The making of a continuous circular tear in the anterior capsule during cataract surgery in order to allow expression or phacoemulsification of the nucleus of the lens. (Dorland, 28th ed)
Annotation: do not coordinate with PHACOEMULSIFICATION unless particularly discussed
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 (1987-1997)
Lens, Crystalline/surgery (1987-1997)
Phacoemulsification (1996-1997)
Public MeSH Note: 98
History Note: 98
Related: Lens Capsule, Crystalline MeSH
DeCS ID: 33570
Unique ID: D019923
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 1997/06/20
Revision Date: 2007/07/09
Capsulorhexis - Preferred
Concept UI M0029598
Scope note The making of a continuous circular tear in the anterior capsule during cataract surgery in order to allow expression or phacoemulsification of the nucleus of the lens. (Dorland, 28th ed)
Preferred term Capsulorhexis
Entry term(s) Capsulorrhexis



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