title: [Water-cushion contact lens for pars plana vitrectomy].
abstract: Our water-cushion contact lens satisfies same requirements as the lenses we used previously: stabilization of the anterior segment, perfect attachment to the eye, freedom of movement of the eye in all directions. A rather important additional advantage is achieved by virtue of the fact that the lens floats on a constantly renewed fluid layer in a ring-shaped pool. Even in diabetic patients postoperative damage to the corneal epithelium no longer occur. A planoconcave or prismatic quartz lens may be placed into the pool. The lenses are scratch-resistant and have an antireflective coating. Direct observation of the equatorial area in phakic and of the oraserrata area in aphakic eyes is possible with this perfect optical system.
mesh_terms: D003261:Contact Lenses; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Wasserkissen-Kontaktglas für die Pars-plana-Vitrektomie.