Elliott's Scleral Trepanation

Eliot trepanation of the sclera is a surgical operation in which excess and exfoliated tissue is removed from the front part of the sclera of the human eye by excision of flaps. The author of this technique is the famous British surgeon William Graham Elliot, who also discovered Elliot's rule, which relates the size of the blood stain on the threads emerging from the wound to its depth, as well as other surgical techniques.

The operation is aimed at treating progressive myopia (this method is not effective for farsightedness), but prevents its further growth. However, scleral trephination should not be performed on patients under 13 years of age, nor more than once a year. An operation can be prescribed by a doctor only in cases where the condition of the sclera has deteriorated significantly and all other treatment methods are no longer effective.