Light and electron microscopic studies of YAG laser iridotomies were performed in two human iridectomy specimens. Full-thickness defects were created and showed stromal and vascular necrosis. The light and electron microscopic configuration of the lesions was compatible with mechanical disruption from shockwaves. Thermal changes were absent in contrast to iridotomies created by argon laser phot...

PURPOSE The objective of the study reported here was to evaluate the outcome of a modified filtering trabeculotomy (FTO) without iridectomy in open-angle glaucoma compared with that of conventional trabeculectomy (trab). PATIENTS AND METHODS Thirty eyes of 30 patients who underwent modified FTO were prospectively followed for 1 year and were compared with 87 conventional trab patients (87 eye...

The modern concept of angle block, consequent very high intraocular pressure, consecutive iris ischaemia with sphincter failure, and inflammation resulting therefrom was almost completely unknown in the 1940S. Furthermore, Diamox and the osmotic agents were not available. The ophthalmologist was faced therefore with a painful inflamed eye with raging hypertension over which he had little contro...

appointment to the patient than this. During the early years of his career the eye-surgeon is also very disappointed with his results after this operation if lie takes the trouble to find out how small the amount of improvement is and he feels inclined to abandon the operation. The common causes of failure are : (1) Iris adherent to cornea. (2) Too small an iridectomy. (3) Extensive opacity of ...

A cut was made on the middorsal skin of mice of various ages of strain C57BL/0J using fine iridectomy scissors. Specimens from the wounded skins were fixed at various days after wounding and were subjected to the dopa reaction and to the combined dopa-premelanin reaction. When the dorsal skins of 1.5-day-old mice were wounded, the melanocyte population positive to the dopa reaction as well as t...