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Volume 34, Issue 10, Pages 1637-1639 (October 2008)


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Side-port stabilizer to assist implantation of microincision intraocular lenses

Roberto Bellucci, MDCorresponding Author Informationemail address, Simonetta Morselli, MD

Accepted 17 April 2008.

We describe a new instrument for incision-assisted implantation of microincision intraocular lenses (IOLs). The instrument is a short nail, smooth and oval, that is inserted into the side-port incision to stabilize the eye during IOL implantation. The head prevents deep penetration and escape of the ophthalmic viscosurgical device through the incision. The instrument was safe and effective in its initial use; the 1 failure was due to the close proximity of the side port and the main incision.

From the Ophthalmic Unit, Hospital and University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Roberto Bellucci, MD, Chief of the Ophthalmic Unit, Borgo Trento Hospital, 7126 Verona, Italy.

 Neither author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(08)00646-9

doi:10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.04.052


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