Iridectomy

Iridectomy (Greek: "Cut the iris iris " ) designated in the 19th century an eye operation, which was that one long by 4-6 mm puncture on the edge of the cornea was received with forceps into the anterior chamber, the iris at the pupillary margin or next to their coalescence summed up with the cornea, and pulled out in sections outside of the cornea with scissors.

Man made iridectomy in diseases of the iris, corneal opacities, and as previous surgery in some cataract operations, but especially in glaucoma or glaucoma. The iridectomy destroyed the pupil movements, so that such a pupil to the light stimulus could not follow and Operated been exposed to all the dangers of the same if he did not understand, to replace the function of that muscle with the eyelid. To prevent this, they suggested that an operation by which the natural pupil was only postponed, namely the Iridodesis. This was that they made ​​a 2 mm wide cut on the corneal margin and when the chamber rinse off and vorfiel consequently the iris, this part of the iris summed with the tweezers and so far pulled out, that the pupil came to rest at the site where one wanted to have them. The early piece of iris was ligated with a thread.

Documents

• Therapeutic procedures in ophthalmology