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Abstract #6895 Published in IGR 4-1

Endoscopic photocoagulation of the ciliary body after repeated failure of trans-scleral diode-laser cyclophotocoagulation

Barkana Y; Morad Y; Ben nun J
American Journal of Ophthalmology 2002; 133: 405-407


PURPOSE: To report the successful control of intraocular pressure with endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation after repeated failure of transscleral diode-laser cyclophotocoagulation. DESIGN: Interventional case report. METHODS: A three-and-a-half-year-old child had intraocular pressure (IOP) of around 30 mmHg in one eye despite full medical treatment and three transscleral diode laser photocoagulation procedures. RESULTS: An endoscopic view of the ciliary body revealed many misplaced laser burns in the pars plana region. Using direct endoscopic visualization of the ciliary body, precise, confluent burns were applied to the ciliary body. Six months after the procedure, IOP had remained under 20 mmHg. CONCLUSIONS: Endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation can effectively lower IOP after recurrent external diode-laser photocoagulation has failed to do so. Direct visualization during the endoscopic procedure is particularly advantageous in cases with atypical ciliary body morphology, such as in pediatric glaucoma.

Dr. Y. Barkana, Department of Ophthalmology, Assaf Harofe Medical Center, Beer Yaacov, Zerifin, Israel. idityaniv@yahoo.com


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12.10 Cyclodestruction (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment)



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