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Record 1 2017-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Eye Surgery
CONT

PhacoAspiration is the use of the aspiration mode to capture a piece of the nuclear material, manipulate it into an area, the so-called zone of safety that people talk about in the center of the pupil, and then using very low emulsification powers and levels to remove that segment of the nucleus in a very slow and very controlled fashion.

OBS

PhacoAspiration is a trade mark.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie de l'œil
OBS

Terme confirmé par un chirurgien de l'hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, de Montréal. Il vise la partie la plus profonde de l'œil, celle où le chirurgien peut travailler sans qu'il y ait trop de risque.

Spanish

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