vitreous cavity

Etymology: L, vitreus, glassy, cavum, cavity

the cavity in the eye posterior to the lens that contains the vitreous body and vitreous membrane and is transected by the vestigial remnants of the hyaloid canal.

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

The inner surface is closely apposed to the posterior hyaloid face, or vitreous cortex, facing the vitreous cavity.

Epiretinal membrane

Antibiotics for Eye Injections: Don't routinely provide antibiotics before or after injections into the vitreous cavity of the eye.

Ophthalmologists Consider Five Tests and Treatments that Would Benefit from Doctor-Patient Conversations

A- and B-scan ultrasonography were performed and showed a large retinal mass extending into and filling almost the entire vitreous cavity in both eyes, with irregular internal reflectivity (Figure 1).

Bilateral massive retinal gliosis associated with retinopathy of prematurity

The vitreous gel has certain physiological functions including providing a conduit for the metabolic requirements of the lens and excluding cells and large macromolecules from the vitreous cavity in order to maintain transparency.

Biophysical evaluation of vitreous humor, its constituents and substitutes

Diabetic retinopathy, for example, involves the growth of blood vessels not under the retina, as is the case in AMD, but on the surface of the retina and into the vitreous cavity.

Breakthroughs in treating macular degeneration: once considered untreatable, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is yielding exciting "insights" into methods of prevention and promising new treatments

Diabetic retinopathy, for example, involves the growth of blood vessels not under the retina, as is the case in MD, but on the surface of the retina and into the vitreous cavity.

Taking aim at macular degeneration

It was attributed to the Hindu surgeon Susruta and described a procedure called couching, in which the cataractous lens is displaced with a sharp instrument so that it falls into the vitreous cavity, clearing the visual axis.

History of ophthalmology at Baylor University Medical Center

Via the NOVADUR([TM])delivery system, OZURDEX([TM]), a biodegradable implant which enables the extended release and effect of dexamethasone, is placed in the vitreous cavity in the back of the eye treating the macular edema associated with RVO, thereby improving a patient's visual acuity.

Allergan Receives FDA Approval for OZURDEX[TM] Biodegradable, Injectable Steroid Implant with Extended Drug Release for Retinal Disease

Rhegmatogenous retinal detachments (RRD) are the most common and occur when fluid in the vitreous cavity passes through tears or holes in the neurosensory retina and separates it from the underlying retinal pigment epithelium (RPE).

Peripheral retinal degenerations: referral refinement part 10: C-16864 O

In this trial, the small ECT device was surgically-implanted into the vitreous cavity through the pars plana in one eye per patient.

Positive Phase I Data for Neurotech's NT- 501 Encapsulated Cell Delivery of Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor to Eyes of Patients With Retinitis Pigmentosa

YAG capsulotomy is usually performed to release the fluid, which disperses into the vitreous cavity and vision is restored.

Long-term postoperative complications

Endophthalmitis is a serious intraocular inflammatory condition that results from infection of the vitreous cavity.