Surgical approach to lamellar sclerouvectomy for posterior uveal melanomas: the 1986 Schoenberg lecture

Ophthalmic Surg. 1988 Nov;19(11):774-80. doi: 10.3928/0090-4481-19881101-04.

Abstract

We describe a technique of surgically removing melanomas that involve the ciliary body and/or the choroid, while leaving intact the outer portion of the sclera and the overlying sensory retina. This procedure, called a partial lamellar sclerouvectomy, can be subclassified as a partial lamellar sclerocyclochoroidectomy in the case of ciliochoroidal melanomas, and as a partial lamellar sclerochoroidectomy in the case of pure choroidal melanomas.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Choroid Neoplasms / surgery
  • Ciliary Body / surgery
  • Humans
  • Melanoma / surgery*
  • Methods
  • Retina / surgery
  • Sclera
  • Uveal Neoplasms / surgery*