Use of portable vitrectomy instrumentation (VISC X) in the rural Guatemalan highlands
| Autor: | D Erickson, R H Poirier, J D Kingham, Annel M |
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| Rok vydání: | 1982 |
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Male Rural Population medicine.medical_specialty Eye Diseases genetic structures Isolated environment medicine.medical_treatment Vitrectomy Cataract Extraction Cataract extraction Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Humans Medicine Child business.industry Retinal detachment Middle Aged Guatemala Surgical Instruments medicine.disease eye diseases Sensory Systems Surgery Vitreous Body Ophthalmology Female sense organs business Rural population Research Article Strabismus surgery |
| Zdroj: | British Journal of Ophthalmology. 66:569-572 |
| ISSN: | 0007-1161 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bjo.66.9.569 |
| Popis: | In a rural mountain setting 20 patients with blinding ocular opacities were treated surgically with modern vitrectomy techniques. There were no intraoperative or postoperative complications unique to the isolated environment. Because of its compact portability, the VISC X proved to be an ideal vitrectomy instrument. In addition to plastic lid procedures, cataract extraction, and strabismus surgery, repair of retinal detachment and vitrectomy in selected cases has been added to the armamentarium of surgeons who are seriously involved in exporting ophthalmology to remote places. |
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