Basal iridotomy as one of the crucial stages in the surgical treatment of cataract
Shkromida, M.I.; Kindrat, O.V.
Oftalmologicheskii Zhurnal 1: 31-32
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0030-0675 PMID: 2733968 Document Number: 340994
Results of extracapsular cataract extraction performed in 197 patients are analysed. Of them, peripheral iridectomy was made in 115, and iridotomy in 82 patients (in 10--parallel to limbus, in 72--radially towards limbus). The best results were recorded in patients with radial basal iridotomy: no complications were practically observed, manipulations in the posterior and anterior chambers of the eye were less dangerous, good visual and cosmetic results were obtained with a considerable shortening of postoperative bed-days.