- A
scleral lens, also
known as a
scleral contact lens, is a
large contact lens that
rests on the
sclera and
creates a tear-filled
vault over the cornea...
- The
scleral ring or
sclerotic ring is a
hardened ring of plates,
often derived from bone, that is
found in the eyes of many
animals in
several groups...
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Scleral tattooing is the
practice of
tattooing the sclera, or
white part, of the
human eye.
Rather than
being injected into the tissue, the dye is injected...
- A
scleral buckle is one of
several ophthalmologic procedures that can be used to
repair a
retinal detachment.
Retinal detachments are
usually caused by...
-
yellowish discoloration of the
white area of the eye (sclera) and skin with
scleral icterus presence indicating a
serum bilirubin of at
least 3 mg/dl. Other...
-
surgery to
reattach the retina, such as
pneumatic retinopexy, vitrectomy, or
scleral buckling.
Prompt treatment is
crucial to
protect vision. The
retina is...
- is
perforated by many
nerves and
vessels p****ing
through the
posterior scleral foramen, the hole that is
formed by the
optic nerve. At the
optic disc...
- The
scleral spur in the
visual system is a
protrusion of the
sclera (the
white of the eye) into the
anterior chamber. The spur is an
annular structure...
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humour by a
second outflow pathway, the uveo-
scleral pathway (5-10% of
outflow occurs this way). The uveo-
scleral pathway is
increased with the use of glaucoma...
-
invented a
scleral contact lens in 1887, it was
German ophthalmologist Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick who in 1888
fabricated the
first successful afocal scleral contact...
