Retinoblastoma surgery

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sahar Memar Montazerin, M.D.[2] Simrat Sarai, M.D. [3]

Overview

There are different modalities of treatment available for retinoblastoma. The feasibility of each strategy depends on the stage of retinoblastoma at the time of diagnosis.

Surgery

Enucleation is the most commonly applied method for the treatment of retinoblastoma.^[1]
This method is indicated for:

- Unilateral or bilateral group E disease
- Unilateral group D disease
- Maintenance of tumor activity in a blind eye after treatment for primary tumor

References

↑ Kim, Jonathan W.; Murphree, A. Linn; Singh, Arun D. (2015). “Retinoblastoma: Treatment Options”: 89–107. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-43451-2_9.

[KimMurphree2015-1] Kim, Jonathan W.; Murphree, A. Linn; Singh, Arun D. (2015). “Retinoblastoma: Treatment Options”: 89–107. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-43451-2_9.

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Retinoblastoma surgery

Overview

Surgery

References

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