Surgeon offers tips for avoiding capsule tears with OVDs and PECS: Investigators find surgical problems can be handled with novel OVD technique.

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    • Subject Terms:
      PREVENTION of surgical complications; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; LASERS; CATARACT surgery; VISCOSITY
    • Abstract:
      The article provides suggestions to surgeons on how to avoid capsule tears with ophthalmic viscoelastic device (OVD) and pressure-equalized cataract surgery (PECS). Topics discussed include different classes of OVDs used in cataract surgery, decline in the incidence of incomplete femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) capsulotomies, and solution for femtosecond laser-induced capsulotomy tear outs.