Ignipuncture

{{Short description|Closing a retinal separation by cauterisation}}

Ignipuncture (Latin: Ignis (fire) + puncture) is the procedure of closing a retinal separation by transfixation of the break via cauterization. The procedure was pioneered and named by Jules Gonin in the early 1900s.{{cite journal | last1 = Wolfensberger | first1 = TJ | title = Jules Gonin. Pioneer of retinal detachment surgery | journal = Indian Journal of Ophthalmology | volume = 51 | issue = 4 | pages = 303–8 | year = 2003 | pmid = 14750617 }} Due to the risk of severe complications and the advent of lasers for the controlled delivery of energy, ignipuncture became an obsolete procedure; since the 1980s, ignipuncture has been performed using safer techniques like endophotocoagulation.{{cn|date=January 2022}}