 |
|
Microwave Cyclodestruction for Glaucoma in a Rabbit Model
Paul T. Finger, MD;
Darius M. Moshfeghi;
Patricia D. Smith, MD;
Henry D. Perry, MD
Arch Ophthalmol. 1991;109(7):1001-1004.
Abstract
• Microwave thermotherapy was used to treat experimentally induced glaucoma. Microwave-induced cyclodestruction was successful in reducing intraocular pressure in all treated glaucomatous eyes for 4 weeks. Two additional glaucomatous eyes were left untreated to serve as controls, and were noted to have persistently elevated intraocular pressures. Six additional eyes were then subjected to an equivalent treatment (50° C in five 1-minute applications), which resulted in approximately 180° of heat treatment just posterior to the corneoscleral limbus. These specimens were evaluated with light microscopy at baseline, 24 hours, and 7 days after treatment. Our clinical and histopathologic evaluations suggested that microwave thermotherapy (delivered under thermometry control) allowed for chorioretinal/ciliary body destruction that resulted in reductions of intraocular pressure in glaucomatous eyes.
Author Affiliations
From the Department of Ophthalmology, North Shore University Hospital-Cornell University Medical College, Manhasset, NY (Drs Finger, Smith, and Perry and Mr Moshfeghi); the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, La (Mr Moshfeghi); the Medical Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY (Dr Finger); and the Department of Ophthalmology, Cornell University Medical College (Drs Finger, Smith, and Perry).
Footnotes
Accepted for publication March 1, 1991.
Reprint requests to the Department of Ophthalmology, North Shore Community Hospital-Cornell University Medical College, 300 Community Dr, Manhasset, NY 11030 (Dr Finger).
 CiteULike  Connotea  Del.icio.us  Digg  Reddit  Technorati  Twitter
What's this?
THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES
Microwave Diathermy of the Retina and Choroid
Finger et al.
Arch Ophthalmol 1993;111:254-258.
ABSTRACT
|
