Open AccessRemoval of lens material dropped into the vitreous cavity during cataract surgery using an optical fiber-free intravitreal surgery system
Author(s) -
Masayuki Horiguchi,
Yoichiro Kojima,
Yoshiaki Shimada
Publication year - 2003
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/s0886-3350(02)01986-7
Subject(s) - vitrectomy , medicine , pars plana , cataract surgery , ophthalmology , lens (geology) , port (circuit theory) , surgery , fundus (uterus) , visual acuity , optics , physics , electrical engineering , engineering
We describe a technique for removing lens fragments dropped into the vitreous cavity during cataract surgery using an optical fiber-free intravitreal surgery system (OFFISS) that was developed for bimanual vitrectomy. The dropped nucleus was removed by 2-port corneal vitrectomy using the OFFISS in 3 patients during complicated cataract surgery. No complications occurred, and good visual recovery was achieved. The OFFISS provided a good view of the fundus without fiber optics and allowed the use of 2 ports for vitrectomy through the corneal wound. This technique is suitable for cataract surgeons who have not been trained in 3-port pars plana vitrectomy.