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Bead-flow pattern: quantitation of fluid movement during torsional and longitudinal phacoemulsification.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20494776     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: To develop a bead-flow pattern for visualizing and comparatively quantifying fluid movement using a torsional or longitudinal ultrasound (US) phaco handpiece. SETTING: Magill Laser Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA. METHODS: Visualization and quantification of intraocular fluid dynamics were evaluated by injecting neutrally buoyant, collagen-coated polystyrene beads (diameter, 125 to 212 microm) into the phacoemulsification irrigation flow. Using the anterior chamber of a cadaver or porcine eye or a laboratory test chamber, the bead-flow pattern was video recorded. Qualitative comparisons between longitudinal and torsional phacoemulsification were made using video-processing software to track the beads frame by frame. The time (quantitative) required to aspirate a bolus of beads from the anterior chamber (clearance time) was measured and compared between the 2 modalities. Aspiration efficiency was calculated to compare operating conditions in a test chamber using high-speed videography; conditions included irrigation/aspiration (I/A) only (0% power) and clinically relevant fluidic parameters and power modulations with torsional, longitudinal, or a combination of powers applied. RESULTS: Qualitative and quantitative analyses of the fluidic patterns of bead flow in the peripheral anterior chamber and near the aspirating tip opening indicated that torsional fluidics behave closer to the I/A-only configuration than longitudinal phacoemulsification, with the latter repelling more bead material in front of the aspiration tip. Bead clearance time was approximately 50% faster with torsional than with longitudinal US, regardless of the power setting. CONCLUSION: Bead flow-pattern evaluation is a feasible approach to future studies of fluid movement in the anterior chamber.
Authors:
Luis E Fernández de Castro; Ramon C Dimalanta; Kerry D Solomon
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of cataract and refractive surgery     Volume:  36     ISSN:  1873-4502     ISO Abbreviation:  J Cataract Refract Surg     Publication Date:  2010 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-05-24     Completed Date:  2010-07-29     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8604171     Medline TA:  J Cataract Refract Surg     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1018-23     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
(c) 2010 ASCRS and ESCRS. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Magill Research Center for Vision Correction, Storm Eye Institute, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA. decastro@musc.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Anterior Chamber / metabolism*
Coated Materials, Biocompatible
Humans
Microspheres*
Ophthalmic Solutions / metabolism*
Phacoemulsification / methods*
Suction
Swine
Torsion, Mechanical
Video Recording
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
EY-014793/EY/NEI NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Coated Materials, Biocompatible; 0/Ophthalmic Solutions

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