Surgical iridotomy in aphakic eyes and eyes with anterior chamber intraocular lenses.
We describe a simple technique to create a peripheral surgical iridotomy using a microvitreoretinal blade. The blade passes perpendicular to the iris dilator fibers to create a permanent opening.


BACKGROUND
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From the Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Athanasiadis, Nithyanandarajah, Trivedy, Bishop, A. Sharma) and the Bedford School (B. Sharma), Bedford, United Kingdom.
Yannis
Y
Athanasiadis
Gnanapragasam
G
Nithyanandarajah
Mihir
M
Trivedy
David
D
Bishop
Benjamin
B
Sharma
Anant
A
Sharma
D000867:Anterior Chamber; D001036:Aphakia, Postcataract / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D032801:Iridectomy / Q000379:methods*; D007498:Iris / Q000601:surgery*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular