Bhattacharjee Suven
Nayan Eye Centre, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Indian J Ophthalmol. 2017 Dec;65(12):1407-1410. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_673_17.
The B-HEX® Pupil Expander (Med Invent Devices) is a disposable 6.5 mm flexible hexagonal device with notches at corners and flanges at sides. Alternate flanges with positioning holes are tucked under the iris to engage the notches to the margin of the pupil to provide a 5.5 mm expanded pupil. Unlike devices with scrolls or pockets which require an injector to avoid snagging the incision, the preloaded B-HEX is inserted and removed through a 1 mm or larger incision using a manipulator or 23-gauge micro-forceps. The thin profile and uniplanar design allow unhindered instrument movement during phacoemulsification, cortical cleaning, and intraocular lens implantation. The B-HEX is safely used even after capsulorhexis since the thin uniplanar notches are directly visualized to avoid the capsule margin. It is useful in coaxial phacoemulsification, coaxial sub 2.00 mm micro incision cataract surgery (MICS), biaxial 1.5 mm MICS, femtosecond laser assisted cataract surgery (FLACS), small pupil pars plana vitrectomy, and shallow anterior chamber eyes.
B-HEX®瞳孔扩张器(Med Invent Devices公司)是一种一次性使用的6.5毫米柔性六边形装置,其角上有切口,边上有凸缘。带有定位孔的交替凸缘被塞入虹膜下方,使切口与瞳孔边缘接合,以形成5.5毫米的扩张瞳孔。与需要注射器以避免切口受阻的带卷轴或袋状的装置不同,预加载的B-HEX通过使用操纵器或23号微型镊子通过1毫米或更大的切口插入和取出。薄型和单面设计允许在超声乳化、皮质清理和人工晶状体植入过程中器械不受阻碍地移动。即使在连续环形撕囊术后,B-HEX也能安全使用,因为薄的单面切口可以直接看到,以避免碰到囊膜边缘。它适用于同轴超声乳化、同轴2.00毫米以下微小切口白内障手术(MICS)、双轴1.5毫米MICS、飞秒激光辅助白内障手术(FLACS)、小瞳孔扁平部玻璃体切除术和浅前房眼。