Author:
Yao Xiaoming,Kang Qian,Qi Wei,Liu Yuan,Zhou Xiaoping,Wang Mingwu,Yang Yukun,Zhu Fengjiao,Cao Wenchao
Abstract
Abstract
Objective
Purpose
To observe the safety and effect of the C-pupilloplasty for the treatment of iris coloboma and traumatic iris defects.
Methods
A total of 21 cases (21 eyes) with iris coloboma or traumatic iris defects who underwent C-pupilloplasty (a single-pass three-throw technique) from Feb. 2016 to Mar. 2020 were analyzed retrospectively. Uncorrected visual acuity, refraction, corneal topographic keratometry and endothelial cell density were examined.
Results
All the patients were successfully treated, and a central and round pupil was restored. The mean follow-up duration was 8.76 ± 3.58 months (ranging from 2 to 14 months). All patients had round or round-like pupils with a diameter less than or equal to 3 mm after the C-pupilloplasty. Very slightly endothelial loss, negligible symptoms such as glare, distortion, dizziness and photophobia were observed.
Conclusion
We introduced a new technique of pupilloplasty (C-pupilloplasty) which could be a more straight forward and more effective treatment for iris coloboma and traumatic iris defect.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Ophthalmology,General Medicine
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