Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 7 , Pages 1155-1157, July 2007

Four-incision capsulorhexis in pediatric cataract surgery

  • Mehrdad Mohammadpour, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Mehrdad Mohammadpour, MD, Eye Research Center and Ophthalmology Department, Farabi Eye Hospital, Qazvin Square, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

From the Ophthalmic Research Center, Labbafinejad Medical Center, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Accepted 7 February 2007.

Pediatric cataract surgery is challenging, with multiple differences from cataract surgery in adults; however, an ideal capsulorhexis is the major prerequisite for both. Capsulorhexis in children is more difficult due to the more elastic nature of the anterior capsule. I describe a technique for anterior and posterior continuous curvilinear capsulorhexes in pediatric cataract surgery using 4 arcuate incisions. The results in 10 eyes of 10 children are presented.

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 The author has no financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(07)00651-7

doi:10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.02.042

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 7 , Pages 1155-1157, July 2007