Microendoscopic ocular surgery: a new intraoperative, diagnostic and therapeutic strategy. Part I: Endoscopic equipment/methodology applied to cataract surgery with intraocular lens implantation.
During posterior chamber implantation, endoscopy is the only direct method that allows objective observation of the retroiridal space. We use it to define the parameters of the posterior chamber intraocular lens (isolation, inertia, centering). An oval endoscopic probe is preferred and the multivision system allows observation of the endoscopic images under the operative microscope eyepiece. Beside "blind" posterior chamber implantation, a "controlled" endoscopic posterior implantation can be defined.
Ocular Endoscopic Research Unit, Clinique Comiti-Departement D'Ophtalmologie, Ajaccio, France.
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D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000601:surgery; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D019723:Endoscopes; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative