title: Scleral corneal 1-plane incision cataract surgery.
abstract: The scleral corneal 1-plane incision for cataract surgery technique uses a single knife to perforate the anterior chamber from the sclera via the cornea by making a corneal valve that is 1.0 to 1.5 mm long. The technique is easy and reproducible. Even if incisions are widened to 6.0 mm, they readily self-seal with little surgically induced corneal topographic changes. Because surgical manipulations through a short scleral tunnel are easy and intraoperative mishaps can be dealt with smoothly, this incision technique can be used by those with relatively little surgical experience.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsuneoka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000601:surgery; D003315:Cornea / Q000166:cytology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome