peripheral iridectomy


pe·riph·er·al ir·i·dec·to·my

in narrow-angle glaucoma, the surgical removal of a minute portion of the iris at its root; in intracapsular extraction of cataract, removal of one or more minute sections near the peripheral border, leaving the pupillary margin intact. Synonym(s): buttonhole iridectomy, stenopeic iridectomy

peripheral iridectomy

Removal of peripheral tissue from the iris. See also: iridectomy