Double aspiration/single irrigation system for bimanual lens cortex removal in cataract surgery.
The authors describe a bimanual double aspiration/single irrigation system (DASIS) for cataract surgery that efficiently and safely performs aspiration of the entire cortex, including subincisional space. DASIS uses standard and common instruments such as an irrigation/aspiration handpiece in one hand and a single-aspiration handpiece in the other, joined with a short silicone tube using a three-way stopcock. DASIS allows access to 360° of the cortex without a hand exchange, reducing wound leakage and maintaining chamber stability.
Research Department, Instituto de Ojos Oftalmo Salud, Lima, Peru. mariale_1610@hotmail.com
Luis
L
Izquierdo
Maria A
MA
Henriquez
Martin
M
McCarthy
D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007904:Lens Cortex, Crystalline / Q000601:surgery*; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000295:instrumentation*