Pupilloplasty

A surgical procedure to alter the shape or function of the pupil. It is usually performed to repair a pupil damaged after trauma.

The pupil is the aperture through which light passes into the eye and is created by the circular ring of thin muscles known as the iris.  These images are from a pupilloplasty made with a 10.0 proline suture.  Pupilloplasties are designed to reconstruct the shape of the pupil, typically after traumatic damage or other surgical procedures that alter the pupils shape.  A damaged or non-functional pupil due to trauma can result in substantial visual glare and inability to properly adjust the amount of light entering the patients eye, so surgical repair is of substantial benefit.

 A back illumination revealing the repair.

A close up view of the surgical repair.

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