The superior peripheral iridectomy: prevention of pupil block due to silicone oil.
Elliott A J, Bacon A S, Scott J D
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Superior iridectomy in aphakic patients undergoing silicone oil surgery effectively prevented pupil block, with failures due to membrane closure. This is useful for future cataract extraction after vitrectomy.
Abstract
Superior peripheral iridectomy has been performed in 40 patients who have undergone silicone oil surgery for retinal detachment and who are aphakic. Only two developed raised intraocular pressure due to pupil block by liquid silicone and in each case the iridectomies seemed to be closed by proliferative membrane rather than the silicone meniscus. This type of iridectomy is particularly suitable in patients requiring intracapsular cataract extraction after previous vitrectomy and silicone oil surgery.
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