Intraoperative Posterior Chamber Irrigation to Enhance Vitreous Cavity Support during Phacoemulsification Cataract Surgery after Vitrectomy

Figure 1

Schematic showing the intraoperative posterior chamber irrigation technique to restore vitreous cavity support during cataract surgery on vitrectomized eyes. With cohesive ophthalmic viscosurgical devices tamponade in the anterior chamber, a 26-gauge flushing cannula attached to a 5 ml syringe was directed under the iris, near the zonules and the lens equator, to maximally inject the balanced salt solution fluid across the zonular fibers, into the posterior chamber and vitreous cavity.