Irrigation, after Cataract

Exundative hyphaema after cataract extraction. Role of paracentesis and anterior chamber lavage in therapy.

Irrigation and Cataract

Iridectomy was performed in all but one of the first 65 cases, and in all but a very few of the last 65 cases. In the interval cases it was omitted when possible. The arguments for and against are familiar, but, in addition to the greater safety it affords, an iridectomy certainly facilitates efficient irrigation, and I now frequently do it secondarily, after the extraction of the lens, if a pr...

Irrigation dynamic pressure-assisted hydrodissection during cataract surgery

The irrigation dynamic pressure-assisted hydrodissection technique (irrigation-hydro [iH]) does not require performing manual hydrodissection using a syringe and cannula to achieve cortical-capsular cleavage during cataract surgery. Since the iH technique uses the phaco tip to intentionally vacuum the intraocular fluid in order to induce the irrigation dynamic pressure for cortical-capsular cle...

Comparison of 5% povidone-iodine solution against 1% povidone-iodine solution in preoperative cataract surgery antisepsis: a prospective randomised double blind study.

BACKGROUND/AIM Povidone-iodine (PI, Betadine) is routinely used as a preoperative topical antiseptic in cataract surgery as it has been shown to reduce the incidence of postoperative endophthalmitis. However, the concentration used clinically is variable. In vitro studies have shown that PI is paradoxically more effective at lower concentration. This study was undertaken to determine if this ef...

CLINICAL SCIENCE Comparison of 5% povidone-iodine solution against 1% povidone-iodine solution in preoperative cataract surgery antisepsis: a prospective randomised double blind study

Background/aim: Povidone-iodine (PI, Betadine) is routinely used as a preoperative topical antiseptic in cataract surgery as it has been shown to reduce the incidence of postoperative endophthalmitis. However, the concentration used clinically is variable. In vitro studies have shown that PI is paradoxically more effective at lower concentration. This study was undertaken to determine if this e...

Irrigation in Cataract Extraction

This occupies only the introductory chapter, 17 pages of the book; the rest of the book, about 100 pages, describes in a detailed way the cataract operation done by him, the instruments employed and their sterilisation, the preparation of the patient, the actual steps of the operation, and in this, the all-important question of the section and how to make it are well dealt with. The author advo...