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OSE_1312_part3_Layout 1 12/5/13 2:03 PM Page 123 THINKING OF BUYING … Alex Stockdale, MBA Retina Accessories for Ophthalmic Microscopes Get the big picture for posterior segment surgery. A dapting your ophthalmic microscope to vitreoretinal surgery typically involves outfitting it with a wide-angle viewing system. Your surgeons look into the eye through the small opening of the pupil, but the retina lines the entire inner surface of the eye. A special panoramic lens gives surgeons the widest view possible, letting them see defects and injuries on the periphery. Traditionally, this view was obtained through a lens placed directly on the eye and held steady by an assistant or sewn in. Some surgeons still prefer these contact lenses, but most now opt for non-contact devices that attach to the microscope's optics and flip down into its line of sight. Not only do these devices avoid corneal stress and allow eye rotation for fuller views, they also don't require specially trained assistants to hold them in place. Most manufacturers' wide-angle viewers also incorporate inverters to flip the mirror-image the lenses deliver into correct orientation. Selecting the right retiRETINA RETROFIT Find out how to na accessories for your select the right retina accessories for ophthalmic microscope your ophthalmic microscope. depends partly on your D E C E M B E R 2013 | O U T PAT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E 1 2 1

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