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A retrospective randomized study to compare the energy delivered using CDE with different techniques and OZil settings by different surgeons in phacoemulsification

Authors Chen M , Sweeney HW, Luke B, Chen M, Brown M

Published 1 July 2009 Volume 2009:3 Pages 401—403

DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S6135

Review by Single anonymous peer review

Peer reviewer comments 3



Ming Chen1, Henry W Sweeney2, Becky Luke3, Mindy Chen4, Mathew Brown5

1University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; 2Research Support Services, the Queens Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; 3Surgical Suite, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; 4University of California, Irvine, CA, USA; 5University of California, San Diego, CA, USA

Abstract: Cumulative dissipated energy (CDE) was used with Infiniti® Vision System (Alcon Labs) as an energy delivery guide to compare four different phaco techniques and phaco settings. The supracapsular phaco technique and burst mode is known for efficiency and surgery is faster compared with the old phaco unit. In this study, we found that supracapsular phaco with burst mode had the least CDE in both cataract and nuclear sclerosis cataract with the new Infiniti® unit. We suggest that CDE can be used as one of the references to modify technique and setting to improve outcome for surgeons, especially for new surgeons.

Keywords: CDE (cumulative dissipated energy), cataract surgery, phacoemulsification, supracapsular, burst mode, Divide–Conquer

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