title: Using medical lubricating jelly in human cadaver eyes to teach ophthalmic surgery.
abstract: Attempting to learn phacomemulsification through the severely edematous cornea of a human cadaver eye is often difficult. We propose a method of improving the view of the anterior chamber structures. Medical lubricating jelly is injected into the anterior chamber of a cadaver eye. After 10 minutes, excellent corneal clarity is achieved. There was no change in the corneal edema with the injection of sodium hyaluronate 1.4% (Healon GV as a control. Using medical lubricating jelly in place of viscoelastic material is an inexpensive, effective adjunct in ophthalmic surgical teaching.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Eng
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Braga-Mele
mesh_terms: D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000187:drug effects; D002386:Cataract / Q000473:pathology; D002482:Cellulose / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D015715:Corneal Edema / Q000188:drug therapy; D004338:Drug Combinations; D006801:Humans; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology; D008153:Lubrication; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000193:education*; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000379:methods*; D019946:Propylene Glycol / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014019:Tissue Donors
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; D019946:Propylene Glycol; C013517:ethyl cellulose; D002482:Cellulose