vitrectomyn.
/vɪˈtrɛktəmi/ Surgery.
The operation of removing the vitreous fluid from the eyeball and replacing it with another fluid.
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couching1743
reclination1820
strabotomy1844
iridectomy1855
iridotomy1855
iridodesis1858
enucleation1867
peritomy1869
syndectomy1869
iridodialysis1876
sclerotomy1876
capsulotomy1877
needling1879
evisceration1883
cyclodialysis1908
vitrectomy1968
1968 D. Kasner in Highlights Ophthalm. 11 304 (heading) Vitrectomy: a new approach to the management of vitreous.
1975 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 5 Nov. 18/6 She is the first woman in Western Australia to have the operation, known as a vitrectomy, which restored her sight.
1983 D. J. Weatherall et al. Oxf. Textbk. Med. I. ix. 32/2 Recently, vitrectomy has developed as a treatment for blindness from unresolved vitreous haemorrhage and as a treatment of retinal detachment subsequent to vitreous haemorrhage.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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