[An experimental and clinical validation of diathermal goniopuncture ab interno].
A method of ab interno diathermogoniopuncture has been developed consisting in introducing the tip of a single-pole diathermocoagulator combined with an irrigation system through an incision in the limbus for 12 h and subsequent perforation of trabecula and sclera in the inferior portion. Histologic examinations of rabbit eyes demonstrated that the wound channel formed as a result of surgical intervention in the thickness of the sclera exists for up to 1 month provided destructive changes in the adjacent sclera are moderately expressed. Clinically intraocular pressure directly after surgery normalized in 52 of 60 eyes (86%); this effect persisted for up to 2 years in 73% of the operated on patients, in some of them additional drug therapy was needed.
Egorov
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Al'-khavazhi
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D000772:Anesthesia, Local / Q000379:methods; D000818:Animals; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000379:methods*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits; D012590:Sclera / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors
Eksperimental'no-klinicheskoe obosnovanie diatermogoniopunktury "ab interno".