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By: Dr Lewis Levitz Posted in: Complications, Procedure
Posted on: October 18, 2012 11:40 am

Incision site does not line up with capsulorrhexis If the eye was tilted when docked, the capsulorhexis may be para-central and the main incision and secondary port do not line up radially with the center of the capsulorhexis. The resulting problems: • The incision in the cornea is started obliquely and may not enter the […]