Stabilization of anterior chamber depth during phacoemulsification cataract surgery in vitrectomized eyes
Accepted 22 April 2005.
Abnormal fluctuations in anterior chamber (AC) depth including deepening and mydriasis with paradoxical shallowing and miosis have been described during phacoemulsification cataract surgery in previously vitrectomized eyes. Contributory factors include zonular laxity and reduction of vitreous volume. This report describes a technique to stabilize AC depth and allow safer sculpting and removal of lens matter.
From the Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Stoney Stanton Road, Coventry, United Kingdom
Reprint requests to Chui M.G. Cheung, MRCOphth, 15 Oak Leaf Drive, Moseley, Birmingham, B13 9FE, United Kingdom.
Presented at the annual meeting of the British and Eire Association of Vitreoretinal Surgeons, Manchester, United Kingdom, November 2004.
Neither author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
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