surgical incision into the iris, esp to create an artificial pupil
iridotomy in American English
(ˌirɪˈdɑtəmi, ˌairɪ-)
nounWord forms: plural-mies
Surgery
incision of the iris, esp. for the formation of an artificial pupil by transverse division of fibers of the iris
Word origin
[1850–55; irido- + -tomy]This word is first recorded in the period 1850–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boneyard, clear-cut, heavyweight, overprint, proletariat-tomy is a combining form meaning “cutting, incision” of an organ, “excision” of an object,as specified by the initial element (appendectomy; lithotomy); also occurring in abstract nouns corresponding to adjectives ending in -tomous (dichotomy)
Examples of 'iridotomy' in a sentence
iridotomy
Laser peripheral iridotomy relieved pain but did not improve vision.
Kuriyan AE, Lam BL 2013, 'Non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy secondary to acute primary-angleclosure', Clinical Ophthalmologyhttp://www.dovepress.com/non-arteritic-anterior-ischemic-optic-neuropathy-secondary-to-acute-pr-a13584. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
After the cornea become clear, bilateral peripheral laser iridotomy was done.
Dilbade Yıldız Ekinci, Zafer Cebeci, Şerife Bayraktar, Belgin İzgi 2014, 'Bilateral Acute Angle-Closure Glaucoma Induced By Escitalopram', Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisihttp://www.oftalmoloji.org/article_7383/Bilateral-Acute-Angle-closure-Glaucoma-Induced-By-Escitalopram. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Because of this event, the patient had to be submitted to a bilateral iridotomy.
Mardônio Parente de Menezes 2009, 'Glaucoma agudo bilateral por uso de topiramato: relato de caso Topiramate-inducedbilateral acute glaucoma: case report', Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatriahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0047-20852009000300012. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These criteria could be helpful for making decisions regarding prophylactic laser peripheral iridotomy.
Mohammad Pakravan, Farideh Sharifipour, Shahin Yazdani, Nasim Koohestani, Mehdi Yaseri 2012, 'Scheimpflug Imaging Criteria for Identifying Eyes at High Risk of Acute Angle Closure',Journal of Ophthalmic & Vision Researchhttp://www.jovr.org/article.asp?issn=2008-322X;year=2012;volume=7;issue=2;spage=111;epage=117;aulast=Pakravan. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This was followed by bilateral peripheral iridotomy.
AlQuorain S, Alfaraj S, Alshahrani M 2016, 'Bilateral acute closed-angle glaucoma associated with the discontinuation of escitalopram:a case report', Open Access Emergency Medicinehttps://www.dovepress.com/bilateral-acute-closed-angle-glaucoma-associated-with-the-discontinuat-peer-reviewed-article-OAEM. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Patient 2 also developed angle closure with iris bombe and underwent laser peripheral iridotomy.
Cham A, Bansal M, Banda HK, Kwon Y, Tlucek PS, Bassuk AG, Tsang SH, Sobol WM, FolkJC, Yeh S, Mahajan VB 2016, 'Secondary glaucoma in CAPN5-associated neovascular inflammatory vitreoretinopathy',Clinical Ophthalmologyhttps://www.dovepress.com/secondary-glaucoma-in-capn5-associated-neovascular-inflammatory-vitreo-peer-reviewed-article-OPTH. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The patient did not respond to surgical peripheral iridotomy and goniosynechialysis.
Jie Wang, Ergang Du, Jinfei Tang 2018, 'The treatment of malignant glaucoma in nanophthalmos: a case report', BMC Ophthalmologyhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12886-018-0714-5. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)