Ocular Surgery News
Although surgeons may find 2.3% sodium hyaluronate difficult to work with, it can stabilize the eye for safer phacoemulsification, surgeon says. Using his expertise in the technical application of ophthalmic viscosurgical devices (OVD) in cataract surgery, Gerd U. Auffarth, MD, found that
Healon 5 (2.3% sodium hyaluronate, Advanced Medical Optics) can play an effective role in managing this complication.