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    The Road Not Taken: Pars Plana Approach for Posterior Capsule Rupture

    By Abhay Vasavada, MD
    Video Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
    Cataract/Anterior Segment

    This award-winning video produced by Dr. Abhay Vasavada and collegues is designed to teach cataract surgeons a less familiar way to handle posterior capsule rupture: using the pars plana approach common to vitreoretinal surgeons. While the technique may lead cataract surgeons out of their comfort zone, a pars plan approach is arguably better for managing a posterior capsule rupture, as the authors explain.