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. 2021 Mar 1;5(6):534-535.
doi: 10.1177/2474126421996687. eCollection 2021 Nov-Dec.

Needle-Guided Intraoperative Iridectomy During Vitreoretinal Surgery

Amit V Mishra  1 , Ashley Whelan  1 , André S Pollmann  1 , Michael Dollin  2 , R Rishi Gupta  1
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Needle-Guided Intraoperative Iridectomy During Vitreoretinal Surgery

Amit V Mishra et al. J Vitreoretin Dis. .
No abstract available

Keywords: iridectomy; silicone oil; vitreoretinal surgery.

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The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Intraoperative view from the head of the bed of the right eye. The step-wise illustration shows creation of a peripheral iridectomy at the 6 o’clock position. (A) The vitreous cutter is inserted through the superotemporal pars plana vitrectomy port. A 30-gauge needle is inserted through the limbus into the anterior chamber and (B) advanced to the 6 o’clock position. (C) The needle is gently manipulated to help localize the cutting mouth of the vitrector. (D) Once it is confirmed that the vitrector is in the correct location, a surgical peripheral iridectomy is created.
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