title: Clinical applications of auto indirect ophthalmoscopy.
abstract: A phakic eye that has undergone vitrectomy and gas-fluid exchange produces a real, inverted aerial image anterior to the cornea similar to that produced by a lens for indirect ophthalmoscopy. This image can be used during surgery to perform a variety of maneuvers that would otherwise require a contact prism, high-minus contact lens, or handheld indirect ophthalmoscope lens. Applications of auto indirect ophthalmoscopy include visualization of the retina and vitreous during endophotocoagulation and while using a vitreous cutter.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D004322:Drainage; D005123:Eye; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005740:Gases / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D008297:Male; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D014822:Vitreous Body
chemical_list: D005740:Gases