Cryoextraction (medicine)

For the winemaking use, see Cryoextraction.

In ophthalmology, cryoextraction is a form of intracapsular cataract extraction in which a cryoextractor, a special type of cryoprobe, is used to freeze the crystalline lens and pull it intact from the eye. Dr. Charles Kelman is credited with pioneering this surgical method in 1962. It can also be used in the treatment of orbital tumors.

References

  1. ^ Toczolowski J (1993). "Thirty years of cryoophthalmology". Ann Ophthalmol. 25 (7): 254–6. PMID 8363292.
  2. ^ Kiratli H, Bilgiç S (1998). "Cryoextraction in the management of orbital tumors. An old technique revisited". Orbit. 17 (3): 189–194. doi:10.1076/orbi.17.3.189.2753. PMID 12048727.


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