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Inside Eyetube.net | Aug 2013

This Month’s Videos

DO-IT-YOURSELF IRIS HOOK TUTORIAL

By Shah Aminul Islam, MBBS

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Shah Aminul Islam, MBBS, demonstrates a technique for making inexpensive iris hooks. These instruments are not widely available or are too expensive in some developing countries where many patients cannot afford the cost. In this video, Dr. Aminul Islam quickly makes iris hooks under sterile conditions using inexpensive materials that are readily available.

A NEW DEVICE TO INCREASE ENDOCAPSULAR SUPPORT DURING PHACOEMULSIFICATION IN CASES OF LOCALIZED ZONULAR WEAKNESS

By Allon Barsam, MBBS; Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD; and Rebecca Davie, MBBS

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This video introduces a new device designed to provide capsular support during complex cataract surgery on eyes with zonular weakness.

IOL EXCHANGE AND DSAEK

By John Kanellopoulos, MD

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John Kanellopoulos, MD, presents a case of bullous keratopathy, vitreous in the anterior chamber, and glaucoma. First, he creates incisions with the LenSx Laser (Alcon Laboratories, Inc.). After explanting a silicone IOL and clearing vitreous from the chamber, he uses a reverse implantation technique in which an Artisan lens is inserted upside down and fixated in a retropupillary fashion. Dr. Kanellopoulos then performs a Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty and injects air bubbles to fixate the graft.

IRIS FIXATION OF A SUBLUXATED THREE-PIECE IOL UTILIZING A MODIFIED SIEPSER SLIDING KNOT

By Ali A. Mearza, MBBS, FRCOphth, and Mohammed Ziaei, MBChB (Hons), FRCOphth

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A 46-year-old man with a previous penetrating eye injury presented with a complaint of monocular diplopia and poor visual quality. He had undergone primary repair as well as lensectomy and IOL placement in the ciliary sulcus. A slit-lamp examination showed a subluxated three-piece IOL. This video demonstrates the use of a modified Siepser sliding knot to suture the existing IOL to the iris.

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