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The state of the art of diagnostic vitrectomy
Author(s) -
DICK A
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2014.2253.x
Subject(s) - vitrectomy , uveitis , medicine , sampling (signal processing) , diagnostic test , intensive care medicine , ophthalmology , computer science , pediatrics , visual acuity , filter (signal processing) , computer vision
The emergence of increasingly sensitive molecular and biological assays has facilitated our diagnostic ability in uveitis. Together with the advances in surgical vitrectomy procedures, the risk to biopsy is much reduced. Combined therefore we are currently at an unprecedented state of ability to rapidly intervene and increase our diagnostic yield. The talk will highlight indications, simple techniques and evidence of how improved diagnostics have altered outcomes and discuss how diagnostic sampling should be employed in management of uveitis.