title: A simplified light filter for microsurgery.
abstract: A simple, no-cost filter has been devised by the authors to prevent potentially harmful light from reaching the retina during a microsurgical procedure. The filter is made by cutting a 6-mm circle from the edge of a Weck-cel package, then soaking it in balanced salt solution. The disc is placed on the cornea except when manipulations are being performed in the anterior chamber.
mesh_terms: D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005374:Filtration / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012160:Retina / Q000528:radiation effects