Lens surgery with the vitreous infusion suction cutter.
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.
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*