title: [Corneal tattooing for iris defects].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Defects in the iris are associated with clinically significant visual and cosmetic anomalies. When iris reconstruction with artificial iris implantation or an iris suture technique is impossible, a third possibility exists: intrastromal corneal tattooing.
  
  
  METHODS
  and method: We report this little known surgery in three patients with a sectoral or total iris defect following injury. The procedure is detailed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  With an 11-month follow-up (range, 7-13 months), this procedure was effective in providing functional and cosmetic repair. Photophobia and diplopia disappeared, with no side effects.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The repair of iris anomalies requires a certain surgical experience but offers patients a significant functional improvement. Choosing the right procedure for each particular case can be difficult. Corneal tattooing remains a simple surgery adapted to often fragile eyes.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Ophtalmologie, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Rouen.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hirsbein
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gardea
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brasseur
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muraine
mesh_terms: D003315:Cornea; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D013653:Tattooing