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Uveal Melanoma: Resection Techniques

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Local resection of uveal melanoma can be performed transretinally with a vitreous cutter (i.e., endoresection) or trans-sclerally (i.e., exoresection). These operations can be undertaken as primary procedures, with or without neoadjuvant radiotherapy, or they can be performed as treatment for exudative and neovascular complications (i.e., ‘toxic tumor syndrome’).

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  1. Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK

    Bertil E. Damato

  2. Ocular Oncology Service, St Paul’s Eye Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK

    Carl Groenewald

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Damato, B.E., Groenewald, C. (2019). Uveal Melanoma: Resection Techniques. In: Damato, B., Singh, A. (eds) Clinical Ophthalmic Oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17879-6_16

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