TY - JOUR
T1 - Unassisted scleral depression during vitrectomy surgery
T2 - Two simple, cost-effective techniques
AU - Mandelcorn, Efrem D.
AU - Manusow, Joshua S.
AU - Parke, D. Wilkin
AU - Albini, Thomas A.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2015 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/5/1
Y1 - 2015/5/1
N2 - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The ability to visualize and work in the region of the vitreous base during vitrectomy surgery is important. However, this usually requires the use of a surgical assistant for scleral depression or expensive chandelier systems requiring extra incisions. The authors describe two alternative simple, cost-effective techniques to independently and simultaneously view and cut (or apply laser) in this difficult anatomical region. TECHNIQUE: Light-pipe assisted scleral depression using a standard light pipe and ring depressor indentation while maintaining two intraocular instruments are described. CONCLUSION: The described techniques are simple, cost-effective, safe, suitable for phakic and pseudophakic patients, and allow the surgeon to operate independently with maximum control.
AB - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The ability to visualize and work in the region of the vitreous base during vitrectomy surgery is important. However, this usually requires the use of a surgical assistant for scleral depression or expensive chandelier systems requiring extra incisions. The authors describe two alternative simple, cost-effective techniques to independently and simultaneously view and cut (or apply laser) in this difficult anatomical region. TECHNIQUE: Light-pipe assisted scleral depression using a standard light pipe and ring depressor indentation while maintaining two intraocular instruments are described. CONCLUSION: The described techniques are simple, cost-effective, safe, suitable for phakic and pseudophakic patients, and allow the surgeon to operate independently with maximum control.
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U2 - 10.3928/23258160-20150521-10
DO - 10.3928/23258160-20150521-10
M3 - Article
C2 - 26057762
AN - SCOPUS:84930452740
VL - 46
SP - 577
EP - 578
JO - Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging Retina
JF - Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging Retina
SN - 2325-8160
IS - 5
ER -