SEP 09, 2014
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.