Blow-back technique for confirmation of peripheral iridectomy patency
Accepted 29 May 2008.
We describe a simple blow-back technique that can be used to confirm the patency of a peripheral iridectomy. Flow reversal is used to flush the iridectomy specimen onto the corneal surface to look for the presence of iris pigment epithelium in small basal iridectomies fashioned using a vitrector.
From Moorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
Corresponding author: Bruce D.S. Allan, FRCOphth, MD, Moorfields Eye Hospital, 162 City Road, London EC1V 2PD, United Kingdom.
No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
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