Going Off Spectrum: Use Of Infra-Red Illumination In Cataract Surgery
Published 2025 - 43rd Congress of the ESCRS
Reference: PO316 | Type: Free paper | DOI: 10.82333/nzab-5g30
Authors: Nir Sorkin* 1 , Rotem Zadok 2 , Hashem Totah 3 , Filomena Ribeiro 4 , Oliver Findl 5 , Dante Buonsanti 6 , Miguel Raimundo 7 , Giacomo Savini 8 , Adi Abulafia 3
1Tel Aviv Medical Center,Tel Aviv,Israel, 2Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University,Tel Aviv,Israel, 3Shaare Zedek Medical Center and the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School,Jerusalem,Israel, 4Hospital da Luz de Lisboa, Lisbon University,Lisbon,Portugal, 5Hanusch Hospital,Vienna,Austria, 6Centro Buonsanti,Buenos Aires,Argentina, 7Unidade Local de Sau´ de de Coimbra,Coimbra,Portugal, 8IRCCS Bietti Foundation,Rome,Italy
Purpose
To present initial outcomes of cataract surgery performed using infra-red illumination, which has been incorporates into a 3D head-mounted display (HMD) system.
Setting
Institutional
Methods
A retrospective analysis of consecutive cataract cases performed using the infra-red 3D HMD system, including surgical outcomes and surgeons’ impressions of performing cataract procedures using infra-red illumination.
Results
Sixteen eyes of 16 patients were included. All procedure were uneventful. There were no postoperative complications. Best-corrected visual acuity improved from 0.35 ±0.20 logMAR to 0.10 ±0.13 logMAR (p<0.001) with a mean improvement of 2.5 ±1.6 ETDRS lines.
Conclusions
Use of infra-red illumination was safe and effective in cataract surgery.