title: Device for simulating anterior segment surgery.
abstract: To provide a more realistic method for practicing anterior segment surgery, a device was designed that incorporates aspects of currently available cadaver globe fixation methods. A Styrofoam head was fitted with a funnel and tubing system that allows for direct application of variable external suction to a globe placed in an artificial socket. Prototypes were tested in a wet lab environment, which demonstrated that this method provides reliable globe fixation and allows for variable control of intraocular pressure during a variety of anterior and posterior segment surgical techniques.
authors.affiliation: Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Clifton S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Otto
mesh_terms: D000869:Anterior Eye Segment / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000193:education / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000193:education; D009915:Orbit; D013396:Suction / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods