Efficacy of chandelier illumination for combined cataract operation and penetrating keratoplasty.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aim of this study was to describe a method for non-open-sky continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis (CCC) with chandelier retroillumination for penetrating keratoplasty triple procedure and report its effectiveness in decreasing intraoperative complications and enabling successful primary intraocular lens (IOL) insertion in patients with moderate or dense central corneal opacities.

Methods

Seventeen eyes of 17 patients were enrolled in this study, divided into a chandelier group, including 7 eyes of 7 patients, and a nonchandelier group, including 10 eyes of 10 patients. In each group, time to achieve CCC (in seconds), open-sky time (in seconds), and operation time (in minutes) were measured, and the rates of successful CCC completion, rupture of the posterior capsu

SUBMITTER: Yokokura S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4342313 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature