Irrigation/aspiration handpiece with changeable tips for cortex removal in small incision phacoemulsification.
Cortex removal, especially at the 12 o'clock position, is more difficult with small incision phacoemulsification than with planned extracapsular cataract extraction. In this study an irrigation/aspiration handpiece with changeable tips was used for cortex removal in a large, unselected, consecutive series of small incision phacoemulsification procedures. The instrument provided a safe, effective, and economical method of cortex removal.
Hagan
J C
JC
Midwest Eye Institute of Kansas City, Missouri 64116.
D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007904:Lens Cortex, Crystalline / Q000601:surgery*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000295:instrumentation*