[Staining the lens capsule with trypan blue for visualizing capsulorhexis in surgery of mature cataracts].
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.
Melles
G R
GR
Kornea-Abteilung der Augenklinik Rotterdam, LM, Rotterdam.
de Waard
P W
PW
Pameijer
J H
JH
Beekhuis
W H
WH
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
D004396:Coloring Agents; D014343:Trypan Blue