Scleral Buckling
"Scleral Buckling" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D012591
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.540.890
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| Concept/Terms |
Scleral Buckling- Scleral Buckling
- Buckling, Scleral
- Bucklings, Scleral
- Scleral Bucklings
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Scleral Buckling" by people in Profiles.
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Pinninti UR, McPherson AR, Carvounis PE. Long-term risk of glaucoma after encircling scleral buckle. Retina. 2015 Jun; 35(6):1084-6.
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Foster WJ, Dowla N, Joshi SY, Nikolaou M. The fluid mechanics of scleral buckling surgery for the repair of retinal detachment. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2010 Jan; 248(1):31-6.