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Athiya Agarwal, MD, shows a case where just about everything goes wrong while trying to tackle a small pupil during cataract surgery. During phacoemulsification, it becomes clear that a runaway rhexis has created a posterior capsule rent when a nuclear fragment is seen falling through. By a stroke of luck, the fragment is caught during anterior vitectomy and the IOL scaffold technique is used to keep it from dropping again. An I-Ring Pupil Expander (Beaver Visitec) that was placed at the beginning of the case make manipulation of the IOL difficult during scleral fixation. While attempting to remove the I-Ring, a portion of the iris tears
Posted: 11/08/2016
Athiya Agarwal MD
Athiya Agarwal, MD, shows a case where just about everything goes wrong while trying to tackle a small pupil during cataract surgery. During phacoemulsification, it becomes clear that a runaway rhexis has created a posterior capsule rent when a nuclear fragment is seen falling through. By a stroke of luck, the fragment is caught during anterior vitectomy and the IOL scaffold technique is used to keep it from dropping again. An I-Ring Pupil Expander (Beaver Visitec) that was placed at the beginning of the case make manipulation of the IOL difficult during scleral fixation. While attempting to remove the I-Ring, a portion of the iris tears
Posted: 11/08/2016
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