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Year : 2015  |  Volume : 63  |  Issue : 3  |  Page : 275-277

Goat's eye integrated with a human cataractous lens: A training model for phacoemulsification


1 Vitreoretina Services, Aravind Eye Hospital, Pondicherry, India
2 Department of Cornea and Refractive Services, Aravind Eye Hospital, Pondicherry, India
3 Department of Cataract and Refractive Services, Aravind Eye Hospital, Pondicherry, India
4 Department of Cataract and Refractive Services, Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, India
5 Glaucoma Services, Aravind Eye Hospital, Pondicherry, India

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Dr. Sabyasachi Sengupta
Aravind Eye Hospital, Puducherry - 605 007
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DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.156937

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A relatively simple and inexpensive technique to train surgeons in phacoemulsification using a goat's eye integrated with a human cataractous nucleus is described. The goat's eye is placed on a bed of cotton within the lumen of a cylindrical container. This is then mounted on a rectangular thermocol so that the limbus is presented at the surgical field. After making a clear corneal entry with a keratome, the trainer makes a 5-5.5 mm continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis in the anterior lens capsule, creates a crater of adequate depth in the cortex and inserts the human nucleus within this crater in the goat's capsular bag. The surgical wound is sutured, and the goat's eye is ready for training. Creating the capsulorhexis with precision and making the crater of adequate depth to snugly accommodate the human nucleus are the most important steps to prevent excessive wobbling of the nucleus while training.


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