Sclerotomy is a

medical intervention A therapy or medical treatment (often abbreviated tx, Tx, or Tx) is the attempted remediation of a health problem, usually following a medical diagnosis. As a rule, each therapy has indications and contraindications. There are many different ...

that involves surgical cutting in the white area of the eye, known as the

sclera The sclera, also known as the white of the eye or, in older literature, as the tunica albuginea oculi, is the opaque, fibrous, protective, outer layer of the human eye containing mainly collagen and some crucial elastic fiber. In humans, and som ...

. The goal of this intervention is usually done to correct defects in sclera that resulted as a complication of glaucoma of other

ocular diseases Eyes are organs of the visual system. They provide living organisms with vision, the ability to receive and process visual detail, as well as enabling several photo response functions that are independent of vision. Eyes detect light and conve ...

. Sclerotomy can be divided into anterior sclerotomy and posterior sclerotomy.sclerotomy
the free medical dictionary The sclerotomy incisions are made by: # Transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy (TSV) # High-frequency deep sclerotomy (HFDS) # Full-thickness sclerotomy

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