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Inside Eyetube.net | Jun 2014

This Month’s Videos on Eyetube.net

TRANSZONULAR TRIMOXI TECHNIQUE

Ahad Mahootchi, MD

eyetube.net/?v=atala.

Dr. Mahootchi demonstrates a transzonular technique for injecting TriMoxi (Imprimis Pharmaceuticals), an antibiotic and steroid formulation, during cataract surgery. The video shows several views of the medicine entering the eye. According to Dr. Mahootchi, this intraoperative drug therapy reduces and may even eliminate the need for eye drops postoperatively.

REMOVAL OF A COSMETIC IRIS IMPLANT

Stephen G. Slade, MD

eyetube.net/?v=imuni

Dr. Slade demonstrates how to remove cosmetic iris implants made of thin silicone with microcoaxial forceps through a 2.4-mm double incision with a hand-over-hand technique. The patient had symptoms of raised intraocular pressure; inflammation; and loss of corneal cells, iris tissue, and visual acuity, all of which improved after the implants were removed.

TUCKED-IN LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY WITH PHACOEMULSIFICATION

Soosan Jacob, MS, FRCS, DNB

eyetube.net/?v=inisi.

Dr. Jacob presents a variation on lamellar keratoplasty in an eye with severe pellucid marginal degeneration (PMD). She tucks a skirt of tissue into an inferior peripherally dissected pocket to increase the inferior corneal thickness in PMD. Kaushal and colleagues first described this procedure, tucked-in lamellar keratoplasty, in 2008.1

  1. Kaushal S, Jhangi V, Sharma N, et al. “Tuck in” lamellar keratoplasty (TILK) for corneal ectasias involving corneal periphery. Br J Ophthalmol. 2008;92:286-290.

ADVANCED ALL LASER Z-LASIK LASER EYE SURGERY

Allon Barsam, MD, MA, FRCOphth

eyetube.net/?v=enitu.

Dr. Barsam presents his variation of Z-LASIK with the Femto LDV femtosecond laser (Ziemer Ophthalmic Systems) and shows an example of how to customize a thin LASIK flap to speed up healing and prevent dry eye.

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