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Practical Procedure

FERNANDO E. ROSAS, M.D.

AMA Arch Ophthalmol. 1957;57(2):245-249.

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Technique

1. Take plain films: front and side views of the suspected eye.
   
2. Reference lines: With some drops of 0.5% tetracaine (Pontocaine) solution anesthetize the eye, in order to attach at the sclerocorneal limbus the regular nonabsorbable surgical (silk) Atraumatic suture needles ( circle in. long, preferably).* The needles are passed through the conjunctiva and Tenon's capsule as close as possible to the cornea, starting about 1.5 mm. above and below the 3 o'clock or 9 o'clock position on the cornea, trying to mark the limbus surrounding the cornea in order to get its center.
   
3. Immediately take the following films:
   
   1. Front view: looking straight ahead, both orbits; central ray focused on the center of the cornea
      
   2. Front view: looking right, both orbits
      
   3. Front view: looking left, both orbits
      
   4. Front view: looking up, both orbits
      
   5. Front view: looking down, both orbits The films B, C, D and E should be taken without
      
   
   

Author Affiliations
Yucatan, Mexico

Footnotes
Received for publication May 31, 1956.

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