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GONIOPLASTY [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Eye Surgery
DEF

A technique used to help pull the peripheral iris away from the trabecular meshwork in the angle of the eye.

CONT

Iridoplasty, also known as gonioplasty, uses low-energy laser burns to the peripheral iris in order to widen the anterior chamber angle and/or break peripheral anterior synechiae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie de l'œil
DEF

[...] intervention utilisant l'effet thermique du laser argon pour amincir de la racine de l'iris.

Spanish

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