title: Four-incision capsulorhexis in pediatric cataract surgery.
abstract: Pediatric cataract surgery is challenging, with multiple differences from cataract surgery in adults; however, an ideal capsulorhexis is the major prerequisite for both. Capsulorhexis in children is more difficult due to the more elastic nature of the anterior capsule. I describe a technique for anterior and posterior continuous curvilinear capsulorhexes in pediatric cataract surgery using 4 arcuate incisions. The results in 10 eyes of 10 children are presented.
authors.affiliation: Ophthalmic Research Center, Labbafinejad Medical Center, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. mahammadpour@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mehrdad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mohammadpour
mesh_terms: D019923:Capsulorhexis / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D006820:Hyaluronic Acid; D007223:Infant; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000601:surgery*; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D006820:Hyaluronic Acid