Treatment of Dropped Nucleus with a 27-Gauge Twin Duty Cycle Vitreous Cutter
We report herein a method for the treatment of dropped nucleus during cataract surgery with a 27-gauge twin duty cycle (TDC) vitreous cutter. When a TDC vitreous cutter is used, suction flow volume is maintained even when the cutter is driven at a high speed. This enables an Emery-Little grade 3 nuc...
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| author | Akira Watanabe Akane Tsuzuki Kota Arai Tamaki Gekka Hiroshi Tsuneoka |
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| description | We report herein a method for the treatment of dropped nucleus during cataract surgery with a 27-gauge twin duty cycle (TDC) vitreous cutter. When a TDC vitreous cutter is used, suction flow volume is maintained even when the cutter is driven at a high speed. This enables an Emery-Little grade 3 nucleus that had been difficult to treat with a conventional 27-gauge cutter to be successfully excised using only a vitreous cutter, with no intra- or postoperative complications. A dropped lens during cataract surgery of up to moderate hardness can be removed using a TDC cutter alone with a 27-gauge cutter system. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-157cfc67ff474bef860f08e1316cb6272022-12-22T01:35:54ZengKarger PublishersCase Reports in Ophthalmology1663-26992016-01-0171444810.1159/000443721443721Treatment of Dropped Nucleus with a 27-Gauge Twin Duty Cycle Vitreous CutterAkira WatanabeAkane TsuzukiKota AraiTamaki GekkaHiroshi TsuneokaWe report herein a method for the treatment of dropped nucleus during cataract surgery with a 27-gauge twin duty cycle (TDC) vitreous cutter. When a TDC vitreous cutter is used, suction flow volume is maintained even when the cutter is driven at a high speed. This enables an Emery-Little grade 3 nucleus that had been difficult to treat with a conventional 27-gauge cutter to be successfully excised using only a vitreous cutter, with no intra- or postoperative complications. A dropped lens during cataract surgery of up to moderate hardness can be removed using a TDC cutter alone with a 27-gauge cutter system.http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/443721Dropped nucleusMicroincision vitreous surgeryComplication of cataract surgery27-gauge twin duty cycle vitreous cutterVitrectomy |
| spellingShingle | Akira Watanabe Akane Tsuzuki Kota Arai Tamaki Gekka Hiroshi Tsuneoka Treatment of Dropped Nucleus with a 27-Gauge Twin Duty Cycle Vitreous Cutter Case Reports in Ophthalmology Dropped nucleus Microincision vitreous surgery Complication of cataract surgery 27-gauge twin duty cycle vitreous cutter Vitrectomy |
| title | Treatment of Dropped Nucleus with a 27-Gauge Twin Duty Cycle Vitreous Cutter |
| title_full | Treatment of Dropped Nucleus with a 27-Gauge Twin Duty Cycle Vitreous Cutter |
| title_fullStr | Treatment of Dropped Nucleus with a 27-Gauge Twin Duty Cycle Vitreous Cutter |
| title_full_unstemmed | Treatment of Dropped Nucleus with a 27-Gauge Twin Duty Cycle Vitreous Cutter |
| title_short | Treatment of Dropped Nucleus with a 27-Gauge Twin Duty Cycle Vitreous Cutter |
| title_sort | treatment of dropped nucleus with a 27 gauge twin duty cycle vitreous cutter |
| topic | Dropped nucleus Microincision vitreous surgery Complication of cataract surgery 27-gauge twin duty cycle vitreous cutter Vitrectomy |
| url | http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/443721 |
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