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Abstract
The surgical removal of the inner contents of the eye, leaving the sclera intact. It should be differentiated from ORBIT EVISCERATION which removes the entire contents of the orbit, including eyeball, blood vessels, muscles, fat, nerve supply, and periosteum.
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3 entry terms
- Evisceration, Eye
- Eviscerations, Eye
- Eye Eviscerations
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do not confuse with EYE ENUCLEATION ("removal of eyeball leaving eye muscle & remaining orbital contents intact") or ORBIT EVISCERATION ("removal of contents of orbit, including eyeball, blood vessels, muscles, fat, nerve supply & periosteum")
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Previous Indexing
- Eye Enucleation (1989-1992)
- Eye/surgery (1966-1988)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Eye Evisceration. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017234. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017234
- Eye Evisceration. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evisceration_(ophthalmology)
- Eye Evisceration. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3507435