Sutureless virectomy surgery
2003; Elsevier BV; Volume: 110; Issue: 12 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/j.ophtha.2003.09.002
ISSN1549-4713
Autores Tópico(s)Intraocular Surgery and Lenses
ResumoAn article by Gildo Y. Fujii and colleagues reports a new 25-gauge instrument system for transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy.1Fujii G.Y. de Juan Jr, E. Humayun M.S. et al.Initial experience using the transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy system for vitreoretinal surgery.Ophthalmology. 2002; 109: 1814-1820Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (468) Google Scholar The article is somewhat misleading in claiming that the authors' is the first sutureless vitrectomy system. They credit Dr Chen, in 1966, for using a sutureless sclerotomy for pars plana vitrectomy. In 1989, I designed a 23-gauge sutureless, transjunctival portable vitrectomy system. Early in 1993, along with the VisiTec (now owned by Becton Dickinson [Franklin Lakes, NJ]), I developed and patented the first pars plana transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy system. It was electrically operated, affordable, and portable. I described every advantage at that time for sutureless vitrectomy. Presentations to the Vitreous Society were made at the August 14, 1995 meeting in London. Three patents were issued in the mid-1990s, and articles were written in Ophthalmology Times about the system in 1996. The product and its descriptions won numerous awards, including the Top 10 Papers of the Year, presented by Ophthalmology Times at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology in Chicago in 1996. A film of the system also received recognition as one of the top videos at the Vitreous Society meeting in Rome several years ago. Sutureless vitrectomy surgeryOphthalmologyVol. 111Issue 2Preview Full-Text PDF Sutureless vitrectomy surgery: author replyOphthalmologyVol. 110Issue 12Preview Full-Text PDF
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