VA Wet Lab Session 7: Putting It All Together, Part 2

Objectives:

• To perform all the steps of cataract surgery in human cadaver eyes and/or Kitaro eyes
• Demonstrate ability to use capsular dye

Resources:

• Henderson BA. Essentials of Cataract Surgery, second edition. Thorofare, NJ: Slack Inc., 2014. (WW 260 E78 2014). isbn 978-1-61711-0672
• Chapter 22, Small Pupil, pages 235-248
• Chapter 23, Capsule Dye, pages 249-270
• Swinger CA, Kornmehl EW. Dehydration of post-mortem eyes for practice and experimental surgery. Ophthalmic Surg. 1985 Mar;16(3):182-3. PubMed PMID: 3991116.
• Access to the wet lab
• Preparing a Dextran solution to clear cadaver corneas
• Dr. Oetting's Facebook Videos
• Malyugin Rings:
• Malyugin ring insertion and removal
• Nice malyugin ring insertion and removal
• Malyugin ring tips
• Malyugin ring our first time
• Nice placement of malyugin ring
• Malformed malring
• Malyugin ring issues
• Ring removal Cinci style
• Late placement of malyugin ring
• Cohen easy pull technique
• A hook and a ring
• Trypan Blue:
• White Diabetic Rhexis
• Better Late Than Never Trypan Blue
• Double Better Late Than Never
• Iris Hooks:
• Iris hooks (Placing Hooks)
• IFIS with hooks
• Iris hooks in a diamond configuration

Review Questions for Oral Exam

• Back to Lesson Index