Pars plana posterior capsulectomy with a 27-gauge microincision vitrectomy system for dense posterior capsule
Sathish Srinivasan1, Zachariah Koshy1
1From the Department of Ophthalmology (Srinivasan, Koshy), University Hospital Ayr, Ayr, and the Faculty of Medicine (Srinivasan), University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
|July 23, 2017
Abstract:
We describe a surgical technique of pars plana posterior capsulectomy using a transconjunctival sutureless 2-port 27-gauge microincision vitrectomy system to deal with dense posterior capsule opacification (PCO). The technique was used successfully in 5 eyes of 5 patients with dense PCO that had been unsuccessfully treated by neodymium:YAG laser photodisruption.
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