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fornix-based flap [1 record]

Record 1 1988-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Eye Surgery
DEF

Type of conjunctival flap; method of gaining access to eyeball by cutting conjunctiva at the corneo-scleral junction (limbus) and peeling up a flap toward the fornix.

OBS

Used to cover a limbal incision site into the eye.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie de l'œil
OBS

Le lambeau à base limbique par rapport au lambeau à base au fornix dans la goniotrépanation (base de données Pascal).

Spanish

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