TY - JOUR
T1 - Safe method for cleaning the posterior lens capsule
AU - Isakov, Itzhak
AU - Madjarov, Bojidar
AU - Bartov, Elisha
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - Cleaning the posterior capsule is an important step in cataract microsurgery to prevent early postoperative visual impairment. A simple method for cleaning posterior lens capsule opacities during extracapsular cataract extraction is described. A straight 20-gauge cannula with a 0.3 mm anterior aspiration port, attached to a syringe with the piston removed, allows safe polishing in a deep anterior chamber. The described procedure has been safely performed in more than 300 operations.
AB - Cleaning the posterior capsule is an important step in cataract microsurgery to prevent early postoperative visual impairment. A simple method for cleaning posterior lens capsule opacities during extracapsular cataract extraction is described. A straight 20-gauge cannula with a 0.3 mm anterior aspiration port, attached to a syringe with the piston removed, allows safe polishing in a deep anterior chamber. The described procedure has been safely performed in more than 300 operations.
KW - aspiration port
KW - capsule polishing
KW - extracapsular cataract extraction
KW - lens capsule opacity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0029144852&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0886-3350(13)80521-4
DO - 10.1016/S0886-3350(13)80521-4
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AN - SCOPUS:0029144852
SN - 0886-3350
VL - 21
SP - 371
EP - 372
JO - Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
JF - Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
IS - 4
ER -