A Modified Trephining Technique for the Insertion of Jones Tube
- 1 October 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Ophthalmology (1950)
- Vol. 103 (10) , 1582-1585
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1985.01050100158041
Abstract
• The functional success of a Jones Pyrex tube depends on the accurate positioning of the tube. The modified trephining technique for the insertion of a Jones tube ensures accurate positioning by using a guide wire to maintain the selected position and direction of the tube while a 1.5-mm-diameter trephine cuts a cylindrical track around the guide wire, down which a straight Pyrex tube is threaded. The snug fit between the tube and the trephined track has minimized postoperative extrusion (5%) and migration (7%). This technique has been used to insert 93 tubes in 84 patients aged 7 to 83 years.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- A Trephining Technique for the Insertion of Lester Jones TubesArchives of Ophthalmology (1950), 1971
- An Anatomical Approach to Problems of the Eyelids and Lacrimal ApparatusArchives of Ophthalmology (1950), 1961
- AN OPERATION FOR EPIPHORAThe Lancet, 1940