The endo-mirror, a new instrument for ophthalmic surgery requiring visualization of the ciliary sulcus.
Safely suturing a posterior chamber intraocular lens (PC-IOL) to the ciliary sulcus requires a means of visualizing the ciliary sulcus, since it cannot be viewed directly with the operating microscope. We, therefore, created several trial instruments consisting of a mirror with a built-in light source, which we call an endo-mirror, designed for observing the area behind the iris. Using these instruments, we were able satisfactorily to view the ciliary sulcus and suture a PC-IOL to it, first in a number of animal eyes, and then, using an endo-mirror incorporating the best features of the trial versions, in actual clinical cases.
Kozawa
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Kozawa Eye Hospital, Ibaragi-ken, Japan.
Osakabe
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D000818:Animals; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D013536:Suture Techniques