peripheral iridectomy

(redirected from buttonhole 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.