iridectomy
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A rare operation, performed a few days ago on her right eye by Dr. J. B. McMurray of the Washington Hospital staff, technically known as an optical iridectomy, was today pronounced a success.
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The difficulties of an iridectomy are especially pronounced in those cases in which the anterior chamber is extremely shallow and the iris is pressed against the cornea.
From Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 by Nance, Willis O.
Berncastle mentions a case of extraction of double cataract and double iridectomy for occluded pupils, which, after thirty years of blindness, resulted in the recovery of good sight.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
The purpose of an iridectomy is to avoid the danger of the iris in the neighborhood of the wound being drawn and impacted in the trephined hole.
From Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 by Nance, Willis O.
On the other hand, trephining may with advantage be employed instead of iridectomy for cases difficult or dangerous under the latter method.
From Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 by Nance, Willis O.
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