title: Surgical approach to lamellar sclerouvectomy for posterior uveal melanomas: the 1986 Schoenberg lecture.
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.
authors.affiliation: Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Shields
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Shields
mesh_terms: D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000601:surgery*; D008722:Methods; D012160:Retina / Q000601:surgery; D012590:Sclera; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*