Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
scleral buckling
Subclass of:
Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures
Definitions related to scleral buckling:
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A surgical technique that indents the sclera and choroid to reattach the retina.Harvard Dictionary of Health TermsHarvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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An operation for retinal detachment which reduces the size of the globe by indenting the sclera so that it approximates the retina.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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