Technique to alter field of view during vitrectomy with phacoemulsification and aspiration in gas-filled eye.
OBJECTIVE
To describe a method to alter the angular field of view of the fundus in gas-filled eyes during pars plana vitrectomy and phacoemulsification with aspiration and intraocular lens implantation. v Description of a new surgical method.


METHODS
The amount of viscoelastic material injected into the capsule is regulated, altering posterior capsule curvature.


RESULTS
The visual field can be varied from 5 to 108 degrees. Surgery on more than 300 eyes with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment and cataract using this technique has been successful with no complications.


CONCLUSIONS
This method effectively controls the field of view in gas-filled eyes.
Oyagi
Tomohito
T
Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka Rosai Hospital, Osaka, Japan. toyagi@orh.go.jp
Emi
Kazuyuki
K
Futamura
Hideyuki
H
D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000187:drug effects; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D003941:Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological; D004322:Drainage; D005466:Fluorocarbons / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D006820:Hyaluronic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000379:methods*; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D014794:Visual Fields; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000379:methods*
D005466:Fluorocarbons; D006820:Hyaluronic Acid