[Cryoapplication of the sclera in cases of vitreous body opacities].
1974
A Rusin
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D003452
Cryosurgery
The use of freezing as a special surgical technique to destroy or excise tissue.
Cryoablation,Cryoablations,Cryosurgeries
D005128
Eye Diseases
Diseases affecting the eye.
Eye Disorders,Eye Disease,Eye Disorder
D006801
Humans
Members of the species Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012590
Sclera
The white, opaque, fibrous, outer tunic of the eyeball, covering it entirely excepting the segment covered anteriorly by the cornea. It is essentially avascular but contains apertures for vessels, lymphatics, and nerves. It receives the tendons of insertion of the extraocular muscles and at the corneoscleral junction contains the CANAL OF SCHLEMM. (From Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)
Scleral Spur,Scleral Spurs,Scleras
D014822
Vitreous Body
The transparent, semigelatinous substance that fills the cavity behind the CRYSTALLINE LENS of the EYE and in front of the RETINA. It is contained in a thin hyaloid membrane and forms about four fifths of the optic globe.