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Abstract
Perforations through the whole thickness of the retina including the macula as the result of inflammation, trauma, degeneration, etc. The concept includes retinal breaks, tears, dialyses, and holes.
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- Retinal Breaks
- Retinal Dialyses
- Retinal Holes
- Retinal Tears
- Break, Retinal
- Breaks, Retinal
- Dialyses, Retinal
- Hole, Retinal
- Holes, Retinal
- Perforation, Retinal
- Perforations, Retinal
- Retinal Break
- Retinal Dialyse
- Retinal Hole
- Retinal Perforation
- Retinal Tear
- Tear, Retinal
- Tears, Retinal
- Macular Holes
- Hole, Macular
- Holes, Macular
- Macular Hole
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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History Note
84; RETINAL TEARS was see RETINAL DETACHMENT 1977-83
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Previous Indexing
- Retinal Detachment (1966-1983)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Retinal Perforations. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012167. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012167
- Retinal Perforations. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18554331