A 29/30-gauge dual-chandelier illumination system for panoramic viewing during microincision vitrectomy surgery.

摘要

Chandelier endoillumination, a useful tool to facilitate bimanual manipulation in challenging cases, is highly compatible with the recent widespread use of wide-angle viewing systems during vitreous surgery.Owing to the recent advances in the development of powerful light sources such as xenon and mercury vapor illuminators, various types of chandelier illumination fibers have been manufactured, the sizes of which have become increasingly smaller and suitable for modem microincision vitrectomy.Chandelier illumination with one optic fiber currently is popular among surgeons because of its easy use in the transconjunctival setting. However, instrument shadows projected onto the fundus by the illumination may be distracting during delicate intraocular manipulations.