Using endoscopy to teach cataract surgery.
Current methods of teaching cataract surgery include lectures, wet-lab sessions, and participation in real surgery. We describe a new method using a microendoscopic cyclophotocoagulation device during phacoemulsification cataract extraction and posterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in 4 eyes of 4 patients. Endoscopic visualization during surgery aided in construction of the corneal incision, location of the capsulorhexis edge, and estimation of the lens groove depth. It also demonstrated clinical findings not observable with the surgical microscope such as misplaced IOL haptics and residual lens cortex. Use of the endoscope enhanced the educational value of the surgery and the final surgical outcome.
Henderson
Bonnie An
BA
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA. bhenderson@meei.harvard.edu
Ali
Rasha
R
Kim
Jae Yong
JY
Ament
Christine Shortsleeve
CS
D019923:Capsulorhexis; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000193:education*; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*