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SYMPOSIUM
Year : 2009  |  Volume : 57  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 35-37

Nucleus management with Fishhook


Sagarmatha Choudhary Eye Hospital, Lahan, G.P.O. Box 15108, Kathmandu, Nepal

Correspondence Address:
A Hennig
Sagarmatha Choudhary Eye Hospital, Lahan, G.P.O. Box 15108, Kathmandu
Nepal
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DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.43046

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The fishhook technique developed at the Lahan eye hospital is widely used in Nepal and other countries. Its specialty is the extraction of the nucleus with a bent 30-G needle (Fishhook) out of the capsular bag and the self-sealing tunnel. All sizes of nuclei can be extracted. The fishhook technique has a short learning curve, a low complication rate and provides excellent immediate visual outcome. It is cost-effective and has proved to be useful also for high-volume cataract surgery and thus can play an important role in the reduction of cataract blindness.


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