title: Modification of an irrigation/aspiration handpiece to provide visual and tactile orientation of the aspiration port.
abstract: To perform extracapsular cataract extraction safely the surgeon must know the orientation of the aspiration port of the irrigation/aspiration handpiece at all times. I have modified a commercially available irrigation/aspiration handpiece to allow visual and tactile orientation of the aspiration port even when it is obscured by iris, blood, or cortex.
authors.affiliation: Midwest Eye Institute of Kansas City, Missouri 64116.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hagan
mesh_terms: D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D013396:Suction / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000295:instrumentation*