Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

REVIEW ARTICLE
Year
: 2021  |  Volume : 69  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 14--25

Intraocular endoscopy: A review


Vivek Pravin Dave, Mudit Tyagi, Raja Narayanan, Rajeev Reddy Pappuru 
 Smt. Kanuri Santhamma Center for Vitreoretinal Diseases, Kallam Anji Reddy Campus, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Correspondence Address:
Dr. Rajeev Reddy Pappuru
Smt. Kanuri Santhamma Center for Vitreoretinal Diseases, Kallam Anji Reddy Campus, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad - 500 034, Telangana
India

Optimal visualization is one of the most challenging aspects of performing vitreoretinal surgery. In situations where conventional microscopic techniques provide poor posterior visualization, the adjunctive skill set of endoscopic visualization may be needed. This allows for by-passing the opaque anterior segment media and getting access to the posterior segment pathology. Endoscopic vitrectomy is a useful and unique adjunct to microincision vitreoretinal surgery. The optical set-up of endoscopy allows for clinical approaches that are impossible with regular microscope viewing systems. These include the ability to observe across optically significant anterior segment opacities and directly visualize the posterior segment of the eye. It also allows for visualizing the difficult-to-access retroirideal, retrolental, and anterior retinal structures. Surgical access to anatomic spaces like the pars plana, pars plicata, ciliary sulcus, ciliary body, and peripheral lens is tedious. This is made simpler by endoscopy. In this review, we summarize and review the usage of the intraocular endoscope as a diagnostic and therapeutic armamentarium across a wide spectrum of ocular pathologies.


How to cite this article:
Dave VP, Tyagi M, Narayanan R, Pappuru RR. Intraocular endoscopy: A review.Indian J Ophthalmol 2021;69:14-25


How to cite this URL:
Dave VP, Tyagi M, Narayanan R, Pappuru RR. Intraocular endoscopy: A review. Indian J Ophthalmol [serial online] 2021 [cited 2024 Mar 29 ];69:14-25
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