Intrepid Hybrid Tip In Phacoemulsification In Academic Environment

The Intrepid hybrid tip is a breakthrough in technology for cataract surgery using phacoemulsification. It improves the efficiency in the extraction of the crystalline core and improves safety in surgery. These features are very useful in academic settings where teaching cataract surgery takes place. The interest in this new technology is to see if it really improves the safety and efficiency of teaching young doctors.

The study has been carried out in a hospital setting and in a private clinic, taking the first 20 cataracts operated on by novice surgeons and without varying any other parameter than the tip for phacoemulsification within the entire protocol established by the teaching doctor

The first 20 cataracts operated with this new technology have been studied and the ease of use has been calculated with a questionnaire to the surgeons who have intervened. At the same time, the parameters of time and energy used for phacoemulsification of a homogeneous group of cataracts classified with LOCS IV have been evaluated. At the same time, the complications that occurred during the surgery have been computed, as well as the inconveniences that the surgeons have subjectively reported.

In the 20 surgeries studied, we obtained the following results in terms of parameters evaluated: Duration of surgery: average increase of 8% in total time. Safety: Number of complications equal to the control group with standard phacoemulsification tip: 0 ruptures of the posterior and anterior caposula and 0 structural damage to the iridian sphincter.

The subjective responses of the surgeons have shown greater confidence in their surgical technique, a feeling of efficiency similar to the control group and in half of the responses a slight increase in the time of extraction of the nuclear material from the lens without representing an inconvenience for any surgeon to use the technology again in the future

The Intrepid hybrid tip has been shown to be an aid in the teaching of surgery with phacoemulsification of catrata in an academic environment, as it has been shown to be effective and without complications attributable to the instrument, increasing the efficiency and safety of the surgical technique and with high levels of satisfaction on the part of the novice surgeons who have participated in the study