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Posterior assisted levitation for nucleus retrieval using Viscoat after posterior capsule rupture
David F Chang1, Richard B Packard
1762 Altos Oaks Drive, Suite 1, Los Altos, California 94024, USA.
Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
|November 8, 2003
Abstract:
A pars plana injection of Viscoat (sodium hyaluronate 3%-chondroitin sulfate 4%) was used to stabilize and elevate a descending nucleus in 8 patients with posterior capsule rupture. The nucleus or nuclear remnants were successfully removed in all 8 patients.

