METHOD FOR NYSTAGMUS SUPRESSION DURING REFRACTION SURGERY CONDUCTING Russian patent published in 2008 - IPC A61F9/08 A61K31/167 A61K38/43 A61K31/45 

FIELD: medicine, ophthalmology.

SUBSTANCE: in cases of large-swinging nystagmus, horizontal or rotatory, it is suppressed by implementing preoperational retrobulbar anesthesia with drug composition, containing: lydocaine - 20 to 40 mg, epinephrine - 0.4 to 0.5 mg, and lydase - 4 to 6 units. After the eyes moves are stopped, on average in 1 to 2 minutes, adjusting of the laser is made by macular reflex glow, and ablation is conducted. In cases of small- or middle-swinging horizontal nystagmus, after cornea flap cutting during conduction of laser keratomyleusis in situ or photorefraction keratectomy, vacuum ring is installed, and then in small-swinging nystagmus case adjusting of tracker is made, and in middle-swinging nystagmus case adjusting of laser by macular reflex glow is made. Whereupon, ablation is implemented.

EFFECT: method provides suppressing of any nystagmus kind and promotes lowering of nystagmus degree.

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