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COMPLICATIONS OF CRYOSURGERY.

Author(s) : WOOD J. R., ANDERSON R. L.

Type of article: Article

Summary

A SURVEY OF RESULTS WITH 70 PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT CRYOSURGERY TO THE LIDS. THE BROAD BEVEL TIP OF A NITROUS OXIDE EYELID PROBE WAS USED FOR EXTENSIVE LESIONS AND THE SMALL EPILATION TIP FOR INDIVIDUAL LASHES. IN TRICHIASIS CASES WITH A THERMOCOUPLE AT THE LEVEL OF THE FOLLICLE ROOTS THE PROBE WAS APPLIED UNTIL 248 K (-25 DEG C) WAS REACHED, APPROXIMATELY 45 SECONDS, THEN THAWING AND REFREEZING TO 253 K (-20 DEG C). THE LASHES THEN EPILATED. THIS TREATMENT FOR ABERRANT LASHES AND SOME BENIGN LID LESIONS APPEARS TO BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE METHOD OF THERAPY AVAILABLE AT PRESENT. IT HAS A LOW COMPLICATION RATE IN NORMAL LIDS BUT SHOULD BE USED WITH CAUTION FOR OTHER EYE DISORDERS. C.R.F.

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  • Original title: COMPLICATIONS OF CRYOSURGERY.
  • Record ID : 1982-1070
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Arch. Ophthalmol. - vol. 99
  • Publication date: 1981
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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