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SYMPOSIUM: WEAPONS CHOICES
SECTION: Techniques and device
Moderators: Jean-Marie Parel, Frank Koch
Sunday, September 14th, 2003 ; 14:00 - 16:00

SCLERAL DEPRESSION (CLEANING THE PERIPHERY WITH THE HELP OF TORPIDO LIGHTS AND VITREOUS SHAVER)
A.Nikolakopoulos MD*, S.Gotzaridis MD, A.Vakalis MD.
Greece

Purpose:To evaluate the safety and the ontrolled of this technique in pseudophakic eyes with retina detachment.
Methods:To overcome the difficulty of a safe (cleaning) of the periphery in aphakic eyes with a mobile retina we are using the 25g four port illumination system (Torpido Light System).This way we can use the other hand for stretching the periphery and together with the vitreous shaver to remove the peripheral membranes. We perform this method in 11 cases and in only one of those we made an iatrogenic ontrolled from a flap of a tear.
Conclusions: In a complicated pseudophakic retina detachment with vitreous loss there is a great help for bimanual surgery with a help of Torpido Light System increasing the safety and the efficiency of this difficult manuvre.
Take -home message: Stretching the detached retina without assistance in pseudophakic eyes without posterior capture can be much more ontrolled with the use of the above technique.