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Preferred term

Orbit Evisceration  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The surgical removal of the contents of the orbit. This includes the eyeball, blood vessels, muscles, fat, nerve supply, and periosteum. It should be differentiated from EYE EVISCERATION which removes the inner contents of the eye, leaving the sclera intact.

Entry terms

  • Orbital Evisceration

In other languages

  • French

  • Éviscération du contenu orbitaire
  • Éviscération orbitaire
  • Exentération de l'orbite
  • Exentération du contenu orbitaire
  • Exentération orbitaire

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-SW35VPQ4-9

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