title: The efficacy of neodymium: YAG laser iridotomy in the treatment of closed peripheral iridotomies in silicone-oil-filled aphakic eyes.
abstract: Eighteen patients had a surgical inferior peripheral iridotomy performed to prevent pupil block and silicone oil anterior chamber prolapse. The occlusion of an iridotomy was treated by neodymium: YAG laser therapy and this form of treatment was successful only in 4 cases (22%). The reopening of occluded iridotomies is best performed by surgery as opposed to laser treatment.
authors.affiliation: Vitroretinal Unit, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Aylward
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001036:Aphakia, Postcataract; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris / Q000601:surgery; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012827:Silicone Oils; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D012827:Silicone Oils