Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 11 , Pages 1832-1833, November 2008

Blow-back technique for confirmation of peripheral iridectomy patency

From Moorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

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.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(08)00885-7

doi:10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.05.065

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 11 , Pages 1832-1833, November 2008

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