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A technique for resecting a sizeable portion of the posterior segment is described. The procedure, involves stabilization of the eyeball and fixation of the operative area with a ring shaped device (eyebasket). Full-thickness (sclera, choroid, and retina) resection was performed within the ring, and the resected area was replaced with a scleral homograft. No retinal detachments occurred, and there was no inflammatory reaction to the graft. Several cases were complicated by moderate vitreous hemorrhage, but in each case, the hemorrhage was resorbed within 6–8 weeks. Prophylactic photocoagulation four weeks prior to surgery (done on 10 of the rabbits) prevented the occurrence of vitreous hemorrhage.
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Supported in part by a grant from the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, funds from the American Cancer Society to the University of Illinois at the Medical Center, and USPHS EY 24-14 from the National Institutes of Health.
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Peyman, G.A., Axelrod, A.J., Ericson, E.S. et al. Full thickness eye wall resection in various species. Albrecht von Graefes Arch. Klin. Ophthalmol. 186, 157–164 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00422438
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