Vitrectomy is a surgery to remove some or all of the vitreous humor from the eye.
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Vitrectomy is a surgery to remove some or all of the vitreous humor from the eye.
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Machemer performed the first reported human closed pars plana vitrectomy in 1970, and subsequently helped establish the technique as a standard approach to vitreous surgery.
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Robert Machemer performed the first reported human closed pars plana vitrectomy in 1970.
Vitrectomy is a surgery to remove some or all of the vitreous humor from the eye. Robert Machemer performed the first reported human closed pars plana vitrectomy in 1970, and he subsequently helped establish the technique as a standard approach to vitreous surgery.
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