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Technique for testing the patency of laser iridotomies

Heijl, A LU and Holm, O (1986) In Acta Ophthalmologica 64(3). p.3-251
Abstract

With laser iridotomy it may often be difficult to achieve total penetration of the iris, particularly in very light or very dark irides. It may be impossible to determine with the slit-lamp whether a small laser iridotomy is functionally penetrating. We describe a straightforward method to test iridotomies for aqueous flow patency. Transcorneally introduced fluorescein is used to delineate any aqueous bulk flow from the posterior to the anterior chamber.

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keywords
Aqueous Humor/physiology, Fluorescent Dyes, Humans, Iris/surgery, Laser Therapy, Pigment Epithelium of Eye/surgery
in
Acta Ophthalmologica
volume
64
issue
3
pages
3 pages
publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
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  • pmid:3751510
  • scopus:0022486772
ISSN
0001-639X
DOI
10.1111/j.1755-3768.1986.tb06912.x
language
English
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  series       = {{Acta Ophthalmologica}},
  title        = {{Technique for testing the patency of laser iridotomies}},
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  doi          = {{10.1111/j.1755-3768.1986.tb06912.x}},
  volume       = {{64}},
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