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Alex Stockdale, MBA
Retina Accessories for Ophthalmic Microscopes
Get the big picture for posterior segment surgery.
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dapting your ophthalmic microscope to vitreoretinal surgery
typically involves outfitting it with a wide-angle viewing system. Your surgeons look into the eye through the small opening of the pupil, but the retina lines the entire inner surface of the eye.
A special panoramic lens gives surgeons the widest view possible, letting them see defects and injuries on the periphery.
Traditionally, this view was obtained through a lens placed directly on
the eye and held steady by an assistant or sewn in. Some surgeons still
prefer these contact lenses, but most now opt for non-contact devices that
attach to the microscope's
optics and flip down into
its line of sight. Not only
do these devices avoid
corneal stress and allow
eye rotation for fuller
views, they also don't
require specially trained
assistants to hold them in
place. Most manufacturers' wide-angle viewers
also incorporate inverters
to flip the mirror-image
the lenses deliver into correct orientation.
Selecting the right retiRETINA RETROFIT Find out how to
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select the right retina accessories for
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your ophthalmic microscope.
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