Prevention of vitreous loss.

Prevention of vitreous loss.

Retrobulbar anaesthesia, digital massage, osmotic therapy, and acetazolamide are frequently employed in various combinations to effect ocular hypotony before cataract extraction.* It is believed by many that hypotony prevents vitreous loss during this operation. t Profound akinesia to preclude extraocular muscle contraction and resulting shortening of the scleral shell is a clinically accepted ...

Anterior chamber lens implantation after vitreous loss.

Vitreous loss is a serious complication of cataract surgery. Following vitreous loss it is common practice to perform a primary implantation of an anterior chamber lens (AC-IOL). We retrospectively analysed 642 consecutive cases of cataract extraction performed between 1983 and 1986 with special attention to those patients in whom vitreous loss occurred and an AC-IOL was placed. There were 27 s...

Chromovitrectomy in Vitreous Loss During Cataract Surgery

Notes on Loss of Vitreous after Cataract Extraction

The subject on which I propose to address you has been long regarded as one in which a satisfactory conclusion one way or other has been considered of the greatest importance in all operations for the removal of cataract. Till recently all the oculists of the United Kingdom and the Continent were unanimous in opinion as to the bad effects of loss of vitreous. This fact is borne out by the recor...

Management of capsular rupture and vitreous loss in cataract surgery

Every eye surgeon has experienced – or will experience – that sinking feeling when the posterior capsule is ruptured and vitreous comes forward into the anterior chamber. At that moment everything changes, including the heart rate of the surgeon and the possible outcome for the patient. But all is not lost. If the theatre team are well prepared, the situation can be managed calmly and professio...