Two-hole assisted phaco-chop technique: a more efficient method for safe nucleofractis vertical chopping.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the use of the two-hole technique in augmenting the efficiency of surgeons-in-training when performing the phaco-chop technique. We hypothesized that drilling two holes in opposite angles to each other adjacent to the capsulorhexis would mimic a new lens equator. The phaco-tip and the chopper can be inserted into these holes at appropriate depths and may sandwich and fracture the lens more easily than conventional methods.

Methods

The two-hole technique described above was performed by three first-year surgeons before they performed the standard phaco-chop technique. We collected data of their first 8 cases and analyzed a total of 64 cases: 16, divide-and-conquer; 24, two-hole method; 24, phaco-chop. The main outcome measures included the cumulative dissi

SUBMITTER: Miyamoto N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8364540 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature