title: Trypan blue dye for anterior segment surgeries.
abstract: Use of vital dyes in ophthalmic surgery has gained increased importance in the past few years. Trypan blue (TB) has been a popular choice among anterior segment surgeons mainly due to its safety, ease of availability, and remarkable ability to enable an easy surgery in difficult situations mostly related to visibility of the targeted tissue. It is being used in cataract surgery since nearly a decade and its utilization has been extended to other anterior segment surgeries like trabeculectomy and corneal transplantation. This review will discuss the techniques and outcome of TB dye-assisted anterior segment surgeries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jhanji
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Vajpayee
mesh_terms: D000869:Anterior Eye Segment / Q000601:surgery*; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D014343:Trypan Blue / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D014343:Trypan Blue