Forceps Extraction of Slippery Lenses in Cases of Cataract.

IN about one-fifth of all cataracts that come to this hospital for extraction the lens capsule is slippery, so that when one tries to grip it with forceps by the conventional methods, the forceps slip and it is not possible to apply any traction. About 75 per cent. of these cases are Morgagnian cataracts and the rest are intumescent cortical senile cataracts. The technique described below makes it possible to effect a round-pupil upper pole delivery with forceps in these cases with slippery capsules and the method is also useful in cases of senile cataract.