The recognition of iris melanoma is important because a number of benign lesions clinically resemble these tumors. In this article, the epidemiological, clinical and histopathological features, treatment modalities, and prognosis of 41 iris melanoma patients, seen between 1964 and 1996 were evaluated. Of the patients, 20 were men and 21 women. Their mean age was 44.6 years. After determining th...

THmRE has been a recent revival of interest in the operation of peripheral iridectomy for subacute intermittent closed-angle glaucoma. This is partly because it is an operation of small risk which is effective, if its indications are respected. Its chief value is in subacute closed-angle glaucoma before peripheral anterior synechiae have formed and as a prophylactic measure when the fellow eye ...

This occupies only the introductory chapter, 17 pages of the book; the rest of the book, about 100 pages, describes in a detailed way the cataract operation done by him, the instruments employed and their sterilisation, the preparation of the patient, the actual steps of the operation, and in this, the all-important question of the section and how to make it are well dealt with. The author advo...

PURPOSE Peripheral defocus, higher-order aberrations, and accommodation interact with pupil size to influence retinal image quality and possibly eye growth. Iridectomy (ID) provides a fixed, enlarged pupil. Results from in vitro studies suggest that ID may reduce or eliminate accommodation in the chicken. This paper further investigates the effects of ID on chicken accommodation, eye growth, an...

AIM To compare visual acuity and intraocular pressure outcomes 3 years after treatment of acute angle closure glaucoma (AACG) by operative peripheral iridectomy (PI) or Nd:YAG laser iridotomy (YAG PI). METHODS A prospective study of consecutive patients presenting to one ophthalmology department with uniocular AACG during a 2 year period. Following informed consent patients were randomised to...

PURPOSE To compare combined viscocanalostomy-trabeculectomy (VISCO-TRAB) to trabeculectomy (TRAB) for the management of advanced glaucoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study cohort comprised of 18 subjects with bilateral advanced glaucoma who underwent VISCO-TRAB surgery (VISCO-TRAB group) in the right eye and TRAB (TRAB group) in the left eye. VISCO-TRAB constituted lamellar scleral flap, deep ...