title: Facilitating cortical aspiration after insertion of a capsular tension ring.
abstract: We describe a simple, effective technique to prevent the cortical entrapment that can occur after a capsular tension ring (CTR) is implanted during phacoemulsification. Before the epinucleus has been removed, the blunt tip of an ophthalmic viscosurgical device (OVD) cannula is burrowed centrally in the cortical/epinuclear plate and OVD is injected as the cannula is advanced. The cannula is turned superiorly and dissection continued to the lens equator. The cleavage plane is extended for approximately 2 clock hours in the direction of the intended CTR insertion. The CTR is then inserted below the cortical/epinuclear plate.
  
  
  
  None of the authors has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
authors.affiliation: From the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Richard S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Koplin
authors.affiliation: From the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA. Electronic address: ewaisbren@nyee.edu.
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Waisbren
authors.affiliation: From the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Ritterband
authors.affiliation: From the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Seedor
mesh_terms: D002387:Cataract Extraction; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D007908:Lens, Crystalline; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D019736:Prostheses and Implants