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Surgical management in patient with uveitis
Somasheila I Murthy1, Rajeev Reddy Pappuru, K Madhavi Latha
1Department of Cornea and Anterior Segment Service, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.
Abstract:
Surgery in the management of uveitis can be divided based on indication: either for therapeutic or can be for diagnostic purposes or to manage complications. The commonest indications include: Visual rehabilitation: surgery for removal of cataract, band keratopathy, corneal scars, pupillary membranes, removal of dense vitreous membranes, management of complications: anti-glaucoma surgery, vitreous hemorrhage, retinal detachment and chronic hypotony and diagnostic: aqueous tap, vitreous biopsy, tissue biopsy (iris, choroid). In this review, we shall describe the surgical technique for visual rehabilitation and for management of complications.
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