Gundersen flap

A Gundersen flap, also known as Gundersen's flap, Gundersen's conjunctival flap, or conjunctivoplasty, and often misspelled Gunderson, is a surgical procedure for correcting corneal disease. It involves excising a damaged section of cornea, and replacing it with a section (or "flap") of the patient's own conjunctiva.[1]

Gundersen flap
SpecialtyOphthalmology

It is named for Trygve Gundersen (1902 February 24, 1987), an American ophthalmologist of Scandinavian descent, who first described the procedure in 1958 at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.[2]

References

  1. Cornea & External Disease Archived 2014-03-27 at the Wayback Machine, at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary; by Mark Speaker and Robert Latkany; published 2002; retrieved April 23, 2012
  2. Gundersen T (1958). "Conjunctival flaps in the treatment of corneal disease with reference to a new technique of application". AMA Arch Ophthalmol. 60: 880–8. doi:10.1001/archopht.1958.00940080900008. PMID 13582332.
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