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vitrectomy Surg.|vɪˈtrɛktəmɪ|
[f. vitreous a. + -ectomy.]
The operation of removing the vitreous fluid from the eyeball and replacing it with another fluid.
1968D. Kasner in Highlights Ophthalm. XI. 304 (heading) Vitrectomy: a new approach to the management of vitreous. 1975Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 5 Nov. 18/6 She is the first woman in Western Australia to have the operation, known as a vitrectomy, which restored her sight. 1983Oxf. Textbk. Med. I. ix. 32/2 Recently, vitrectomy has developed as a treatment for blindness from unresolved vitreous haemorrhage and as a treatment of retinal detachment subsequent to vitreous haemorrhage. |