FiveYear Experience With Routine Use of Healon5 in Cataract Surgery

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Five-Year Experience With Routine Use of Healon5
in Cataract Surgery

• Ann Haustermans, MD
• AZ KLINA Hospital
• Brasschaat, Belgium

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The author has no financial interest.
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Purpose

• To present the authors five year experience
  with routine use of Healon5 in coaxial and
  bimanual phaco surgery.

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Methods

• Healon5 was routinely used between December 2002
  and October 2007 in approximately 1300 cases of
  coaxial and bimanual phaco.
• All records of the surgery and intra- and
  postoperative complications were evaluated.

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Methods (contd)

• To facilitate creation of the capsulorhexis, a
  small amount of regular Healon is used in the
  pupillary area underneath the Healon5.

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Results

• Healon5 is a viscoadaptive OVD with unique
  properties, offering excellent control during the
  different steps of cataract surgery.
• Healon5 demonstrates a superior ability in
  deepening the anterior chamber, enlarging
  inadequately dilated pupils and maintaining a
  working space for phacoemulsification and IOL
  implantation.

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Results (contd)

• In all of the approx. 1300 cases, the
  capsulorhexis was completed successfully with not
  a single case of tearing out of the anterior
  capsule.
• In 19 eyes where irisprolaps occurred, Healon5
  helped to reposition the iris and deepen the
  anterior chamber.
• No intra- or postoperative complications related
  to the use of Healon5 occurred.

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Conclusion

• Thanks to its unique properties, Healon5 is an
  essential surgical tool in routine cataract
  surgery, offering excellent control during each
  step of the procedure.