Visco-Levitation
Richard Packard, MD, presents the visco-levitation technique in which a dropped nucleus is elevated by injected OVD under the lens.
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- Introduction to Volume XXV: Issue 2
- Vitreous Management in Cataract Surgery
- Essential Surgical Techniques for Vitrectomy
- Vitrectomy Pearls After Capsule Tears
- The Dry Vitrectomy
- Visco-Levitation
- Visco-Trap
- Pars Plana Vitreous Tap in Crowded Eye
- Staining the Vitreous
- Understanding the Dropped Nucleus
- Saving the Day: Hema Lifeboat
- Optic Capture Techniques



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These maneuvers lead to tensioning of vitreous strands which can lead to retinal tears and CME.. Not recommended! Posterior or anterior vitrectomy and sulcus fixation of the IOL. Larger fragments removed by posterior vitrectomy later.