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(Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 1972;11:115-121.)
© 1972 by The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Inc.

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Full-Thickness Eye Wall Resection: An Experimental Approach for Treatment of Choroidal Melanoma

I. Dacron-graft

GHOLAM A. PEYMAN 1 and N. A. DODICH 2

1 Department of Ophthalmology, University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, Chicago, Ill.
2 Department of Anatomy, University of California at Los Angeles

Reprint requests to: Dr. Peyman, Department of Ophthalmology, 1855 West Taylor Street, Chicago, 111. 60612.

To overcome the problems of surgical treatment of tumors of the posterior segment, we have developed a ring-shaped instrument. This is sutured to the sclera or the area where resection should be performed. Besides stabilizing the operative area, the two side arms of the instrument prevent collapse of the eyeball. The full-thickness eye wall resection is performed with the cutting needle of the cautery. The resected area is replaced with a silicon-coated dacron patch which is glued to the sclera by a-cyanoacrylate. The experimental work was done on rabbits. The encouraging preliminary results of this study are reported.

Key Words: malignant melanoma • full-thickness eye wall resection • "eye basket" • holograft • {alpha}-cyanoacrylate • cautery cutting needle






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