SURGICAL TECHNIQUES FOR CATARACT EXTRACTION
I. Intracapsular Cataract Extraction Presently, the technique of intracapsular cataract extraction (ICCE) is obsolete.However, the surgical steps are described here as a mark of respect to thetechnique which has been widely employed for about 100 years over the world and is an important landmark in the history of cataract surgery. I Surgical steps of the ICCE technique I Superior rectus (br;d/e) suture: It is passed to fix the eye in downward gaze. Coniunctival flap (fornix based): It is prepared to expose the limbus and haemostasis is achieved by wet field or heat cautery. All surgeons do not make conjunctiva! flap. Partial thickness groove or gutter: It is made through about two-thirds depth of anterior limbal area
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