title: A novel capsulorhexis technique in white cataract surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the efficacy and safety of novel capsulorhexis technique in white cataract surgery using the irrigation-aspiration system of a phaco device.
  
  
  METHODS
  53 eyes of 50 patients were included in the study. Patients were randomly divided into two groups. To 27 eyes of 27 patients in Group 1, continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis (CCC) was made using an irrigation-aspiration system by a phaco machine. To 26 eyes of 23 patients in Group 2, CCC was made using an ocular visco-elastic device (OVD) and utrata forceps. Surgical results were compared between two groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No difference in outcome endothelial cell count or central corneal thickness was noted between the two groups. CCC-2 has been completed totally in Group 1 but only 22 eyes in the other group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Capsulorhexis with described technique is safe in white cataracts. This technique may be an alternative in capsulorhexis to the other method, which is made using OVD and forceps.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Mustafa Kemal University , Hatay , Turkey .
authors.forename: Mutlu Cihan
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Daglioglu
authors.forename: Mesut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coskun
authors.forename: Ozgur
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ilhan
authors.forename: Esra
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ayhan Tuzcu
authors.forename: Nilufer
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ilhan
authors.forename: Emre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ayintap
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Taskin
authors.forename: Huseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oksuz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019923:Capsulorhexis / Q000379:methods*; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications*; D002452:Cell Count; D004728:Endothelium, Corneal / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000379:methods*; D055675:Viscosupplements / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D055675:Viscosupplements
keywords: Continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis; phaco; white cataract