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Eighteen patients had a surgical inferior peripheral iridotomy performed to prevent pupil block and silicone oil anterior chamber prolapse. The occlusion of an iridotomy was treated by neodymium:YAG laser therapy and this form of treatment was successful only in 4 cases (22%). The reopening of occluded iridotomies is best performed by surgery as opposed to laser treatment.
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Reddy, M., Aylward, G. The efficacy of neodymium:YAG laser iridotomy in the treatment of closed peripheral iridotomies in silicone-oil-filled aphakic eyes. Eye 9, 757–759 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.1995.190
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