title: Globe-fixation system for animal eye practice.
abstract: We designed a globe-fixation system for use with animal eyes for surgical skills training. The system core is a cup with an adjustable aperture. Vacuum is exerted through the cup to capture the globe at the preequatorial region. The cup rides over a hollow base, sliding on its opening spurs. A ballast is screwed to the end of the thread of the cup to create tactile feedback and create a tendency to return to the primary position. The system provides optimum versatility for the practice of anterior segment procedures, namely stability, rotation, a tendency to return to the primary position, globe pressure adjustability, and a modifiable orbit size.
  
  
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authors.affiliation: Eye Research Center, Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran University of MedicalSciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: S Farzad
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Mohammadi
authors.forename: Arash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mazouri
authors.forename: Nazanin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rahman-A
authors.forename: Mahmoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jabbarvand
authors.forename: Gholam A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Peyman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000869:Anterior Eye Segment / Q000601:surgery*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000193:education*; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000193:education*; D009915:Orbit; D053831:Surgical Fixation Devices