Abstract:The authors' own clinical observations have shown that a pressure-lowering effect in secondary glaucomas resistant to therapy can be obtained by photocoagulation of the pars plicata of the ciliary body using an argon laser. In order to be able to estimate the damaging effect of photocoagulation and thus to be able to administer it in a sensible dose, the authors applied this technique to four patients with tumorous eyes that had to be enucleated, with a subsequent histological and electron-microscopical scruti… Show more
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