ShareLID SPLITTING AND POSTERIOR LAMELLA CRYOSURGERY FOR CONGENITAL AND ACQUIRED DISTICHIASIS.
Author(s) : ANDERSON R. L., HARVEY J. T.
Type of article: Article
Summary
A NEW CRYOSURGICAL PROCEDURE FOR THE SUCCESSFUL REMOVAL OF DISTICHIASTIC LASHES IS DESCRIBED. THE AFFECTED EYELID IS SPLIT AT THE GREY LINE SO THAT THE ABNORMAL ABERRANT LASHES ARE INCLUDED IN THE POSTERIOR LAMELLA. THIS IS THEN FROZEN AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE USING THE LARGE BEVELLED TIP OF A NITROUS OXIDE EYELID CRYOPROBE TO A TEMPERATURE OF 253 TO 248 K (-20 TO -25 DEG C) FOLLOWED BY A SLOW THAW THEN A SECOND FREEZING AND THAWING. THE TECHNIQUE HAS PROVED SUCCESSFUL IN SEVEN OF THIRTEEN CASES. C.R.F.
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- Original title: LID SPLITTING AND POSTERIOR LAMELLA CRYOSURGERY FOR CONGENITAL AND ACQUIRED DISTICHIASIS.
- Record ID : 1982-1071
- 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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- Themes: Cryomedicine and cryosurgery
- Keywords: Cryoprobe; Eye; Cryosurgery
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- Author(s) : MAJEKODUNMI S.
- Date : 1982
- Languages : English
- Source: Br. J. Ophthalmol. - vol. 66 - n. 5
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- Author(s) : CEREDNICENKO V. M.
- Date : 1982
- Languages : Russian
- Source: Vestn. Oftal'mol. - n. 5
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COMPLICATIONS OF CRYOSURGERY.
- Author(s) : WOOD J. R., ANDERSON R. L.
- Date : 1981
- Languages : English
- Source: Arch. Ophthalmol. - vol. 99
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- Author(s) : BATMANOV Ju. E.
- Date : 1981
- Languages : Russian
- Source: Vestn. Oftal'mol. - n. 3
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MODIFIED CRYOPROBE.
- Author(s) : EIFERMAN R. A.
- Date : 1981/12
- Languages : English
- Source: Arch. Ophthalmol. - vol. 99 - n. 12
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