INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE REDUCER

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2055 Honan Balloon Intraocular Pressure Reducer with Relief Valve
210 Reusable Headbands
150 Bellow
400 Relief Valve

About the Honan Balloon

Pressure on the eye traditionally has been a method of slowing some tachycardias. Some persons may be more sensitive to the ocular-vagal reflex. Therefore, all patients should be monitored for signs of bradycardia while pressure is being applied to the eye. The optimum pressure to be used should be well below pressure in the central retinal artery. It should be elevated only high enough to create a soft surgical eye. Using the 20 to 30 mm Hg of monitored pressure for 30 to 60 minutes before surgery, clinically results in very soft, safe, surgical eyes.

With the Schiotz Tonometer with 5.5 gram weight, the scale reading may be above 10. An eye may be so soft that the cornea may be observed to dimple when the lid speculum is inserted. Releasing the pressure every 30 seconds and then reapplying it has NOT been found necessary or desirable.

With a soft eye, the iris may be concave or drop posteriorly after lens removal. Excess vitreous pressure is typically absent. Intraocular lens implantation is much easier and safer. From the surgeon’s viewpoint, there is much less stress and strain.

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