Imaging and investigating the effects of incision angle of clear corneal cataract surgery with optical coherence tomography.

The evaluation of clear corneal incision architecture using optical coherence tomography

incision used in modern-day phacoemulusification cataract surgery. CCI allows sutureless surgery, induces little astigmatism and provides fast visual rehabilitation1,2. Over the past decade the incidence of endophthalmitis after cataract surgery has increased. There has been much debate on whether the increasing use of clear cornea incision has contributed to this3-5. A recent study speculated ...

Profile of clear corneal cataract incisions demonstrated by ocular coherence tomography.

PURPOSE To examine the profile of clear corneal cataract incisions in the living eye using optical coherence tomography (OCT). SETTING Private practice, Eugene, Oregon, USA. METHODS The Zeiss Visante OCT anterior segment imaging system was used to study the profile of clear corneal cataract incisions, all in senior citizens. The OCT images of the operative eye were taken on the first postop...

Architectural analysis of clear corneal incision techniques in cataract surgery using Fourier-domain OCT.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE To compare the architecture of single plane self-sealing clear corneal incision (SP-CCI) and shallow grooved self-sealing clear corneal incision (SG-CCI) after cataract surgery using Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT). PATIENTS AND METHODS An FD-OCT system with a corneal adaptor module was used to image the corneal incisions in radial sections in 44 ...

Optical coherence tomography of the effects of stromal hydration on clear corneal incision architecture.

PURPOSE To evaluate the effects of stromal hydration on clear corneal incision (CCI) architecture immediately after surgery using anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT). SETTING Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, United Kingdom. METHODS Clear corneal incisions in adult eyes were examined using a Visante AS-OCT imaging system within 1 hour of surg...

Optical coherence tomography studies of clear corneal incision wound architecture.