title: Electric microtrephine for new anterior capsular openings (barbell-like tear-free slit openings).
abstract: We developed a microtrephine that can be used to create 0.9-mm or 0.5-mm, round, tear-free, anterior lens capsular openings. The 0.9-mm tip can be used to greatly facilitate experimental endocapsular cataract surgery followed by lens refilling. The 0.5-mm tip is useful for obtaining new anterior capsular openings.
authors.affiliation: Hara Eye Hospital, Utsunomiya, Japan.
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authors.lastname: Hara
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mesh_terms: D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004560:Electricity; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000601:surgery*; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000601:surgery*