Safe method for cleaning the posterior lens capsule.
Cleaning the posterior capsule is an important step in cataract microsurgery to prevent early postoperative visual impairment. A simple method for cleaning posterior lens capsule opacities during extracapsular cataract extraction is described. A straight 20-gauge cannula with a 0.3 mm anterior aspiration port, attached to a syringe with the piston removed, allows safe polishing in a deep anterior chamber. The described procedure has been safely performed in more than 300 operations.
Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel.
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Isakov
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Madjarov
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Bartov
D002386:Cataract / Q000517:prevention & control; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000601:surgery*; D013396:Suction / Q000379:methods