Small incision single-suture-loop pupilloplasty for postoperative atonic pupil

In this small incision technique to correct postoperative atonic pupil in the aphakic or pseudophakic eye, the pupil is sutured and constricted with a 10-0 polypropylene loop through 3 1.0 mm stab incisions. The surgery is easier to perform than previous methods, appears safe and reproducible, and r...

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Published inJournal of cataract and refractive surgery Vol. 24; no. 11; pp. 1429 - 1431
Main Author Behndig, Anders
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.11.1998
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Anesthesia, Local
Biological and medical sciences
Humans
Iris - surgery
Medical sciences
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
Polypropylenes
Postoperative Complications - surgery
Pupil
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the eye and orbit
Suture Techniques
Sutures
Tonic Pupil - etiology
Tonic Pupil - surgery
Human
Postoperative
Atonia
Suturation
Anterior segment
Eye
Plasty
Pupil
Visual system
Treatment
Surgery
Complication
Technique
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Summary:In this small incision technique to correct postoperative atonic pupil in the aphakic or pseudophakic eye, the pupil is sutured and constricted with a 10-0 polypropylene loop through 3 1.0 mm stab incisions. The surgery is easier to perform than previous methods, appears safe and reproducible, and requires little special equipment. Although the pupil's shape may become slightly irregular, its size is fairly easy to regulate. This new method should be useful in correcting postoperative atonic pupil, and the small incision technique will likely minimize surgical trauma and induced astigmatism.
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ISSN:0886-3350
1873-4502
DOI:10.1016/S0886-3350(98)80161-2