title: Lens surgery with the vitreous infusion suction cutter.
abstract: The vitreous infusion suction cutter was used in the removal of congenital and adult cataracts or lens remnants. The instrument may be used through a standard corneoscleral incision or through the pars plana. When a hard nucleus cannot be dispersed, ultrasonic phacofragmentation may be of help. Several brief case illustrations demonstrate the effectiveness of this instrument in lens surgery.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000601:surgery; D002386:Cataract / Q000151:congenital; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery; D013396:Suction / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000295:instrumentation; D014126:Toxoplasmosis, Ocular / Q000150:complications; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000601:surgery*