Advice for Easier Surgery and More Comfortable Patients
Dr. Erik Mertens shares some tips that have made his life easier and increased patients’ comfort. For example, he creates two sideport incisions without grasping the conjunctiva. This method greatly enhances patients’ comfort, because the conjunctiva remains sensitive to pain and helps avoid subconjunctival hemorrhages.
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Comments (8)
He used Vancomycin... by the way, thanks for stimulating bacterial resistance!
I don't understand what kind of antibiotic is using. May someone clarify it?
I remember too. I saw this operation from konya but I REFUSED phaco at clear lenses
Yes a good advice for easier surgery, dont operate cataracts operate cristal clear lenses!
great video! thank you!
what jitter? It is the eye movements during surgery unr topical anaesthesia.
i experience the same jitter on Firefox.
I am experiencing severe jittering of this video. I use th Google Chrome browser. I wonder if there is a compatibility issue here?