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Cataract | Refractive | Glaucoma
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SCOPE OF PRACTICE The details and depth perception illuminated by a high-quality ophthalmic microscope can help surgeons avoid capsular rupture.
"That will really slow you down. Even for
experienced surgeons, that's where we lose a
lot of time and efficiency."
Posterior capsular rupture, which Dr.
Cunningham describes as "far and away the
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most common intraoperative complication" in
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cataract surgery, is a function of patient anatomy. Advanced age, extremely dense cataracts,
loose or broken zonules and previous trauma
are conditions that tend to predispose a ruptured capsule. So does an inadequately dilated
pupil or floppy iris. "The patient's use of
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Flomax may fool you," says Dr. Yeh. "You get
them dilated, then you end up fighting the
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