Modified enucleation.

F G La Piana

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Modified enucleation.

F G La Piana

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Abstract

Standard enucleation techniques provide excellent results. Modifications can render the operative field bloodless and permit the performance of all manipulations under direct visualization. Standard enucleation has been postulated to disseminate choroidal malignant melanoma cells as a result of fluctuations in intraocular pressure incident to surgical manipulations. It is possible that the stabilization of intraocular pressure preceding induction of tumor freezing may decrease such dissemination and thereby increase survival.

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F G La Piana. 1990. Modified enucleation.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2248726/

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