Forceps for capsulorhexis.
Conventional continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis (CCC) by forceps is connected with use of viscoelastics. A new model of forceps allows CCC without a viscoelastic and has the advantage of a bent-needle cystotome because the terminal part of the instrument is the size of a bent needle. The instrument retains the forceps' ability to grasp tissue firmly and prevents anterior chamber collapse during CCC. I performed the CCC using the new forceps without a viscoelastic in 198 eyes.
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Eye Microsurgery Center, Kiev, Ukraine.
D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000601:surgery; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000601:surgery*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013525:Surgical Instruments