Comparative study between the effect of different concentrations of methyl cellulose on the corneal endothelium during phacoemulsification

Abstract

Cataract is considered the leading cause of reversible blindness worldwide, Nowadays cataract extraction surgery by phacoemulsification is one of the most common surgical procedures done on a global scale. The use of OVDs has become so essential and important in modern cataract surgery by phacoemulsification to perform safer surgery and for better and faster visual recovery for the patients. OVDs play many roles by their different composition and physical properties; in general they are important in coating and protecting delicate intraocular structures especially the corneal endothelium, maintaining the anterior chamber depth and preventing its collapse during capsulorrhexis, filling the capsular bag during the implantation of the intraocular lens.