Anterior capsulotomy using the CO2 laser

Adiel Barak; Tova Ma-Naim; Mordechai Rosner M.D.; Ophir Eyal; Michael Belkin M.D.

doi:10.1117/12.309432

1 June 1998 Anterior capsulotomy using the CO₂ laser

Adiel Barak, Tova Ma-Naim, Mordechai Rosner M.D., Ophir Eyal, Michael Belkin M.D.

Proceedings Volume 3246, Ophthalmic Technologies VIII; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.309432
Event: BiOS '98 International Biomedical Optics Symposium, 1998, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Continuous circular capsulorhexis (CCC) is the preferred technique for removal of the anterior capsule during cataract surgery due to this technique assuring accurate centration of the intraocular lens. During modern cataract surgery, especially with small or foldable intra ocular lenses, centration of the lens is obligatory. Radial tears at the margin of an anterior capsulotomy may be associated with the exit of at least one loop of an intraocular lens out of the capsular bag ('pea pod' effect) and its subsequent decentration. The anterior capsule is more likely to ream intact if the continuous circular capsulorhexis (CCC) technique is used. Although manual capsulorhexis is an ideal anterior capsulectomy technique for adults, many ophthalmologists are still uncomfortable with it and find it difficult to perform, especially in complicated cases such as these done behind small pupil, cataract extraction in children and pseudoexfoliation syndrome. We have developed a technique using a CO₂ laser system for safe anterior capsulotomy and tested it in animal eyes.

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Adiel Barak, Tova Ma-Naim, Mordechai Rosner M.D., Ophir Eyal, and Michael Belkin M.D. "Anterior capsulotomy using the CO₂ laser", Proc. SPIE 3246, Ophthalmic Technologies VIII, (1 June 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.309432

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