title: [Staining the lens capsule with trypan blue for visualizing capsulorhexis in surgery of mature cataracts].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A capsulorhexis may be difficult to perform in the absence of a red fundus reflex.
  
  
  METHODS
  After application of 0.3 mL trypan blue 0.1%, a quick and homogeneous staining of the anterior lens capsule was obtained in 100 patients with a mature cataract, to visualize the capsulorhexis during a phacoemulsification procedure.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No adverse reactions related to the dye were observed up to 18 months after surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Trypan blue staining of the anterior lens capsule may therefore be a safe technique to facilitate the performance of a capsulorhexis in the absence of a red fundus reflex.
authors.affiliation: Kornea-Abteilung der Augenklinik Rotterdam, LM, Rotterdam.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Melles
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: de Waard
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Pameijer
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Beekhuis
mesh_terms: D019923:Capsulorhexis / Q000379:methods*; D004396:Coloring Agents; D006801:Humans; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D014343:Trypan Blue
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D014343:Trypan Blue