Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 11 , Pages 1824-1827, November 2008

Visco-shell technique with sodium hyaluronate 2.3% in phacoemulsification of Morgagnian cataract

  • Masaki Sato, MD, PhD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Masaki Sato, MD, PhD, Department of Ophthalmology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8575 Japan.
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  • Yukiko Mizushima, MD
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  • Tetsuro Oshika, MD, PhD

From the Department of Ophthalmology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Accepted 26 May 2008.

We describe the visco-shell technique with sodium hyaluronate 2.3% (Healon5) to facilitate phacoemulsification in eyes with Morgagnian cataract. Because the entire nucleus is wrapped in a Healon5 visco-shell, phacoemulsification can be performed safely without damaging the corneal endothelium and the posterior capsule.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

 Presented in part at the 31st annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons, Kanagawa, Japan, February 2008, and the ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, Chicago, Illinois, USA, April 2008.

PII: S0886-3350(08)00844-4

doi:10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.05.064

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 11 , Pages 1824-1827, November 2008

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