] PURPOSE: To report the use of a new cryotherapy probe to induce proptosis duri ng enucleation surgery. DESIGN: Interventional case report. METHODS: Two patient s with uveal melanoma and secondary glaucoma were treat...] PURPOSE: To report the use of a new cryotherapy probe to induce proptosis duri ng enucleation surgery. DESIGN: Interventional case report. METHODS: Two patient s with uveal melanoma and secondary glaucoma were treated by enucleation. A larg e surface area (70 mm2), spatulated, end-freezing cryotherapy probe (“Finger- tip”probes, MIRA, Inc.) was used to induce proptosis during optic nerve transse ction. RESULTS: This new probe offers homogeneous freezing over a relatively lar ge surface area. This new cryoprobe was used to create a large cryo-adhesion on the cornea, for an excellent purchase of the eye during enucleation surgery. Us ing this adhesion, the eye was lifted, enabling transsection of the optic nerve. CONCLUSIONS: This report includes photographs of the cryoprobe, the corneal cry o-adhesion, and describes its use for traction during enucleation surgery.展开更多
文摘] PURPOSE: To report the use of a new cryotherapy probe to induce proptosis duri ng enucleation surgery. DESIGN: Interventional case report. METHODS: Two patient s with uveal melanoma and secondary glaucoma were treated by enucleation. A larg e surface area (70 mm2), spatulated, end-freezing cryotherapy probe (“Finger- tip”probes, MIRA, Inc.) was used to induce proptosis during optic nerve transse ction. RESULTS: This new probe offers homogeneous freezing over a relatively lar ge surface area. This new cryoprobe was used to create a large cryo-adhesion on the cornea, for an excellent purchase of the eye during enucleation surgery. Us ing this adhesion, the eye was lifted, enabling transsection of the optic nerve. CONCLUSIONS: This report includes photographs of the cryoprobe, the corneal cry o-adhesion, and describes its use for traction during enucleation surgery.
