Catapulse in the treatment of cataracts
“It’s almost like a magnet. The nucleus segments basically stick to the tip of the Catapulse system while they’re being removed, because there’s no ultrasound. It’s exclusively vacuum-driven,” said Dr Antonio Mendez MD, of Mexico, during his presentation during the XXXI ESCRS Congress in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Referring to the lens removal as “phacoaspiration,” Dr Mendez explained that the controlled pulsed vacuum of the Catapulse removes each of the nucleus sections without utilising ultrasound energy.
“There is no assembly, no heat and no moving parts inside the eye,” he continued. “This led to a low 7.3 per cent endothelial cell density loss at one month after surgery.”
The Catapulse system uses two 1.2mm stab incisions and functions similarly to standard irrigation and aspiration, with a small, ergonomic and, according to Dr Mendez, very comfortable handpiece.
Tags: intraocular pressure, optical coherence tomography
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