Fifty Cases of Cataract Extractions by Cryoextractor.
- Author:
Hyung Jeon KIM
1
;
Woong Bin LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, National Medical Center, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Cataract Extraction*;
Cataract*;
Dry Ice;
Methanol;
Rupture
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1966;7(2):69-71
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
The new method is described of extracting various types of cataracts intracapsularly by means of a pencil-shaped metal instrument, named Krwawicz's model cryoextractor. This is refrigerated in a mixture of dry ice and methyl alcohol so that when the ice-coated tip is applied to the lens, the capsule and the underlying cataractous masses adhere firmly to its ball-shaped end and an easy intracapsular extraction is ensured. Fifty extractions of various types of cataracts have been performed by this method. In 49 cases the cataract could be extracted intracapsularly. In only one case did the capsule rupture but it was possible to remove the capsule and lens mass almost completely. The results of the fifty extractions by this method are given.
