Scleral corneal 1-plane incision cataract surgery

The scleral corneal 1-plane incision for cataract surgery technique uses a single knife to perforate the anterior chamber from the sclera via the corn ea by making a corneal valve that is 1.0 to 1.5 mm long. The technique is e asy and reproducible. Even if incisions are widened to 6.0 mm, they readily self-seal with little surgically induced corneal topographic changes. Beca use surgical manipulations through a short scleral tunnel are easy and intr aoperative mishaps can be dealt wit smoothly, this incision technique can b e used by those with relatively little surgical experience. J Cataract Refr act Surg 2000; 26:21-25 (C) 2000 ASCRS and ESCRS.