[Iridocyclectomy with scleral flap].
In this paper the author describes a modification of iridocyclectomy. Before opening the bulbus and removing the malignant melanoma, a lamellar scleral flap is formed with its base at the limbus. After extirpation of the tumor the area is "plastically" covered with this flap. This modification was used on 5 patients; it produces a firmer scar and prevents the development of a staphyloma.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris / Q000601:surgery*; D007499:Iris Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery
Iridozyklektomie mit Skleraplastik.