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Intraoperative OCT provides real-time imaging for clinicians
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KOLOA, Hawaii — Intraoperative OCT is an exciting technique that can help improve procedures such as Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty, deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty and Descemet’s stripping endothelial keratoplasty, according to a speaker here.
“I think this will not only be a great teaching tool for people starting a procedure, but even for those of us doing this for a while,” Francis W. Price Jr., MD, said at Hawaiian Eye 2017.
Francis W. Price Jr.
Intraoperative OCT can provide real-time images of the anterior and posterior chambers and of the cornea during a procedure. For instance, intraoperative OCT during DMEK can show a clinician how the donor tissue is draped and rotated in the cornea. However, if a clinician uses a coaxial microscope during DMEK, the donor tissue tends to look flat and does not have the dynamic movement or positioning guide intraoperative OCT offers, Price said.
“It gives you a good idea of what’s going on with the tissue. ... You also don’t have to look off to the side to see where you are,” he said. – by Robert Linnehan
Reference:
Price FW. How intra-operative OCT helps with anterior segment surgery. Presented at: Hawaiian Eye; Jan. 14-20, 2017; Koloa, Hawaii.
Disclosure: Price reports he receives a consulting fee for STAAR Surgical and Transcend; is a member of the speakers bureau for Haag-Streit; has contracted research with Allergan and Avedro; and has ownership interest in Calhoun Vision, Interactive Medical Publishing, RevitalVision, Strathspey Crown and TearLab.