Extracapsular Cataract Extraction (Ecce)
Extracapsular Cataract Extraction (Ecce)
Extracapsular Cataract Extraction (Ecce)
Definition
Types
1. Conventional ECCE
2. Phacoemulsification
c) Perforation of globe
Gentle injection with blunt tipped needle and peribulbar
Anaesthesia may be preferred over Retrobulbar
Types –
Dense membranous – presents as a thickened
posterior capsule
Soemmerings’s ring – thick ring of after cataract
behind the iris enclosed behind the two layers of the
capsule
Elshning’s pearls
INTRA OCULAR LENS COMPLICATIONS