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capsule +‎ -ectomy

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capsulectomy (plural capsulectomies)

  1. (surgery) The removal of a capsule, especially one that surrounds an implant
    • 2015 August 1, “Long-Term Visual Outcomes of Secondary Intraocular Lens Implantation in Children with Congenital Cataracts”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      All of the children had previously undergone manual anterior capsulorhexis, irrigation and aspiration of cataracts, posterior capsulectomy, and anterior vitrectomy.

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