title: Vacuum trephination of the hypotonous eye.
abstract: Removal of the recipient cornea in therapeutic keratoplasties is made more difficult by the hypotonous eye. A deep and symmetrical cut can be obtained by use of the vacuum trephine without unduly endangering the iris or lens. This technique may be preferred to other more time-consuming methods of pre-pressurizing the eye, and allows a better removal of the recipient cornea than with scissors removal following an epithelial mark.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D016039:Corneal Transplantation; D003320:Corneal Ulcer / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D007634:Keratitis / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000592:standards*