23-gauge vitrectomy for retained lens material.
A technique for removal of retained lens material is described with a three-port 23-gauge vitrectomy system. Removal of the core vitreous is first performed, followed by removal of the cortical vitreous. All vitreous adhesions to the lens are cleared. The cut rate is then decreased to 1,500 cuts per minute, and vacuum increased to 600 mm Hg. The cortical lens material is cleared first, and then the nuclear material is taken with the same vitrectomy probe using the light pipe to assist in crushing the nuclear fragments. With this technique, even large dense nuclear and cortical retained lens material can be removed from the vitreous chamber without the need for a fragmatome.
Department of Ophthalmology, Health Science Center, Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Institute, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. ramanath.bhandari@gmail.com
Ramanath
R
Bhandari
Benjamin J
BJ
Ernst
Ksenia
K
Stafeeva
Naresh
N
Mandava
Hugo
H
Quiroz-Mercado
D006801:Humans; D007906:Lens Subluxation / Q000601:surgery*; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000379:methods; D012599:Sclerostomy; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000379:methods*