Open AccessCentral dimple-down maneuver for consistent continuous femtosecond laser capsulotomy
Author(s) -
Lisa Brothers Arbisser,
Tim Schultz,
H. Burkhard Dick
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of cataract and refractive surgery/journal of cataract and refractive surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.678
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1873-4502
pISSN - 0886-3350
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcrs.2013.09.009
Subject(s) - capsulotomy , dimple , femtosecond , laser , optics , capsule , ophthalmology , materials science , medicine , physics , geology , composite material , intraocular lens , paleontology
We describe a capsulotomy technique to maintain the anterior chamber and pull the capsule disk gently centrally to separate the free edge from the surrounding peripheral capsule and to confirm there is a continuous 360-degree cut with a free disk.