title: "Finger-tip" cryoprobe assisted enucleation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the use of a new cryotherapy probe to induce proptosis during enucleation surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Interventional case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two patients with uveal melanoma and secondary glaucoma were treated by enucleation. A large surface area (70 mm(2)), spatulated, end-freezing cryotherapy probe ("Finger-tip" probes, MIRA, Inc.) was used to induce proptosis during optic nerve transsection.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This new probe offers homogeneous freezing over a relatively large surface area. This new cryoprobe was used to create a large cryo-adhesion on the cornea, for an excellent purchase of the eye during enucleation surgery. Using this adhesion, the eye was lifted, enabling transsection of the optic nerve.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This report includes photographs of the cryoprobe, the corneal cryo-adhesion, and describes its use for traction during enucleation surgery.
authors.affiliation: New York Eye Cancer Center, New York City 10021, USA. pfinger@eyecancer.com
authors.forename: Paul T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Finger
mesh_terms: D017679:Cryotherapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015353:Eye Enucleation / Q000379:methods*; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000601:surgery; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000601:surgery; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery