VT59 : T Soft: New Technique for Soft Cataract”.Dr.Rajendra Prasad, Dr.ANURAG BADHANI
Whilst much attention is rightly paid to handling dense, rock hard nuclei, quite often, softer cataracts also present a challenge. Soft nuclei are difficult to rotate, grip and crack. Current chopping and cracking techniques are often ineffective. High vacuum and high power settings to hold the nucleus for chopping in soft cataract results in the soft lens material aspirating into the phaco probe with resultant loss of suction. Sharp choppers and the phaco probe cheese wire through the soft lens and make it difficult to hold and crack the nucleus. There is also the risk of the phaco tip going rapidly through the soft lens material and through the capsular bag, resulting in a posterior capsule rupture.
We aim to describe T- Soft a new surgical technique, which utilizes a unique mechanical force, with the help of specially designed chopper named as terminator to break and split the soft nuclei into two complete segments with much ease and minimal manipulation.
Leave a Comment