Orbit Evisceration
"Orbit Evisceration" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D017233
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.540.760
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| Concept/Terms |
Orbit Evisceration- Orbit Evisceration
- Evisceration, Orbit
- Eviscerations, Orbit
- Orbit Eviscerations
- Orbital Evisceration
- Evisceration, Orbital
- Eviscerations, Orbital
- Orbital Eviscerations
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Orbit Evisceration" by people in Profiles.
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Wygnanski-Jaffe T, Levin AV, Shafiq A, Smith C, Enzenauer RW, Elder JE, Morin JD, Stephens D, Atenafu E. Postmortem orbital findings in shaken baby syndrome. Am J Ophthalmol. 2006 Aug; 142(2):233-40.