Conjunctival sweeping with a squint hook to reduce chemosis
Accepted 31 May 2007.
We describe a simple technique for reducing surgical chemosis. The conjunctival sweeping technique uses a squint hook and tissue scissors and can be used effectively by surgeons at all levels of experience.
From the Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Corresponding author: Mr. Brian Little, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Free Hospital, London, NW3 2QG, United Kingdom.
No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
Presented as a video at the XXV Congress of the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons, Stockholm, Sweden, September 2007.