Using an anterior chamber maintainer to control intraocular pressure during phacoemulsification
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M Blumenthal1, E I Assia, V Chen
1Department of Ophthalmology, Goldschleger Eye Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
We describe a phacoemulsification technique that uses an anterior chamber maintainer (ACM) to control intraocular pressure. Continuous irrigation through the ACM maintains pressurized intraocular conditions throughout surgery and when the automated system is not activated. Intraocular pressure is stabilized at predetermined levels with minor fluctuations. Viscoelastics can be used in conjunction with the ACM.