Vitrectomy is narrowly defined as removal of all or part of the vitreous gel (body).Vitrectomy can also vacuum any pooled blood to enhance visual clarity.Select all indications and complications that apply to vitrectomy.
A)Excision of fibrotic membranes
B)Electrocoagulation of bleeding vessels
C)Extraction of floaters
D)Removal of retained foreign bodies
E)Infection
F)Retinal tears and detachment
G)Total vision loss.
H)Cataract

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Vitrectomy is narrowly defined as removal of all or part of the vitreous gel (body).Vitrectomy can also vacuum any pooled blood to enhance visual clarity.Select all indications and complications that apply to vitrectomy.
A)Excision of fibrotic membranes
B)Electrocoagulation of bleeding vessels
C)Extraction of floaters
D)Removal of retained foreign bodies
E)Infection
F)Retinal tears and detachment 
G)Total vision loss.
H)Cataract

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In the broader clinical sense of the term,vitrectomy surgery can also include the excision and removal of fibrotic membranes;the removal of epiretinal membranes;the electrocoagulation of bleeding vessels;the treatment of long-standing vitreous opacities,advanced diabetic eye disease,or severe intraocular trauma;the removal of retained foreign bodies;and the treatment of proliferative vitreoretinopathy,retinal detachment from giant tears,endophthalmitis,and diagnostic vitreous biopsy.Complications of vitrectomy include retinal detachment,retinal tears,cataract,and infection.Alternatively,the risk of no treatment can be total loss of vision.

Vitrectomy Is Narrowly Defined as Removal of All or Part