Maloney uses a clear corneal incision approach

Ophthalmology Times;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......side port with a 1-mm blade, and the second or primary incision is made immediately...use perhaps a 2.8-mm incision. The incision needs...feel at least 3.5 mm is required for atraumatic...keratome and enlarge the incision to the exact width...

2-mm incision barrier is broken in Greece

Ophthalmology Times;  July 1, 1999 ;     668 words ......extraction with a smaller-than-2-mm incision was performed here recently...that enabled the use of the 1.6-mm incision were the development of an appropriate...H44-IC-1) to be implanted through an incision smaller than 2 mm, according to Dr. Kanellopoulos...

Surgeon shortens heart-surgery incision He replaces 2 valves using 3-inch...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  September 30, 1996 ;     209 words ......Milwaukee woman's heart using just a 3-inch incision in her chest as opposed to a traditional incision as long as 12 to 13 inches. Surgeon Saed...technique, but he noted that the shorter incision cannot be used for patients who need heart...

Unfolding device helps keep cataract incision sizes small

Ophthalmology Times;  December 15, 1998 ;     598 words ......phacoemulsification through 2.6- to 2.8-mm incisions. Why enlarge? If all...reproducibly through 3.1- to 3.2-mm measured incisions. Although there are claims...measured size of less than 3 mm. Another option in achieving the smallest incision possible is to use the...

Clear corneal cataract incisions require attention to detail

Ophthalmology Times;  January 15, 2003 ;     700+ words ......same blade without altering incision architecture. This is much...cutting with another blade. Incisions need to be at least 2 mm in length, and we do all of our surgeries with incision widths between 2.5 and 3.5 mm. We have found that shorter and wider incisions lack the stability of ...

Incision, special tools aid minilaparotomy success. (Series of 30 Cases).

OB GYN News;  February 1, 2002 ;     576 words ......Specialized tools and a properly executed incision are key in performing a minilaparotomy for...days. Dr. Pelosi uses a small cruciate-type incision. The 2.5- to 5-cm transverse incision is made in the abdomen, extending through skin...

Surgical margins less than 5 mm control melonoma recurrence

Dermatology Times;  February 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......with these lesions remains controversial. Margins less than 5 mm can adequately control primary disease, Dr. Yetman said, and...adequate to avoid local recurrence for lesions less than 1 mm in thickness. More controversial is the margin required to avoid local recurrence in lesions more than 1 mm in ...

Doctors remove tumors through eyelid incision

Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  June 2, 2008 ;     568 words ......tumor extracted from her brain through an incision on her eyelid terrified Bettie Saunders...a brain tumor removed through a tiny incision on her eyelid. The tumor, on the frontal...54, has had a phenomenal recovery. The incision, just under an inch long, can be seen...

incision

The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus;      33 words ...incision • noun   1. a surgical incision synonyms : cut, opening, slit.   2. incisions on the marble synonyms : notch, carving, etching, engraving, inscription, score; nick, scratch, scarification.

Haptic design lets microincision lens be implanted through 1.8-mm incision

Ophthalmology Times;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......without difficulty through a 1.8-mm incision, combining all the benefits of...techniques can be done through sub-2-mm incisions, but new IOLs are needed to maximize...can be implanted through a 1.8-mm incision," Dr. Amzallag concluded. "The...

Incision key to ring segment procedure, outcomes

Ophthalmology Times;  February 15, 2001 ;     671 words ......effect or astigmatism, I challenge you to review your incision. When I look back at my personal ICR disappointments, I have found the problem started and ended with the incision, including a traumatic epithelial defect adjacent to the incision. Once you can make a smooth incision of adequate ...

Coaxial 2.2-mm microphaco technique reduces surgically induced astigmatism...

Ophthalmology Times;  February 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ......microphacoemulsification performed through a 2.2-mm incision results in significantly less induced...phacoemulsification through a 3-mm incision, according to the results of a...astigmatism was 0.10 D for the 2.2-mm incision group, and that value was significantly...

State's First Single Incision Robotic Kidney Removal Performed at Henry...

PR Newswire;  August 25, 2008 ;     614 words ......sophisticated 3D robotics through a single incision. We made several improvements in the...four tumors, was extracted through an incision of about three inches near the patient...minimally invasive approach: SIRS or Single Incision Robotic Surgery. We traditionally try...

Scleral-corneal incision limits induced astigmatism

Ophthalmology Times;  September 15, 2003 ;     700+ words ......placed on the eye opposite the incision site. A Sharpoint 3.2-mm microsurgical slit knife (model...is placed at the sclera 0.5 mm from the limbus. The width...forward. The blade is advanced 1 mm into the clear cornea and angled...anterior chamber. The total incision length is about 1.75 ...

Small incision possible with single-piece lens injector system

Ophthalmology Times;  March 15, 2003 ;     520 words ......chamber through 2.75-mm incision without wound stretch...as small as 2.75 mm is created. Khiun...patients. "The single-incision concept means no...watertightness of the incision. "The main incision does not leak even...of the cases, the incision was too small to allow a ...