Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Haseki Tıp Bülteni, cilt.57, sa.3, ss.221-224, 2019 (Scopus)
Aim: The aim was to present the outcomes of phacoemulsificationsurgery with dominant and non-dominant hands.Methods: Eighty eyes of 72 patients undergoingphacoemulsification with a temporal clear corneal incisionwere included in the study by reviewing their medical recordsand were divided into two groups. Forty of operated eyes wereright eyes and forty were left ones. We operated right eyes withdominant (right) hand, and left eyes with non-dominant (left)hand through a temporal clear corneal tunnel. The patients werefollowed up at week 1 st and month 1 st and 3rd. Keratometryand specular microscopy were performed preoperatively, atmonth 1 st and 3rd after surgery. We recorded the total volumeof fluid used, phaco time and cumulative dissipated energy. Wecalculated surgically-induced astigmatism using vector analysis.Results: There was no statistically significant differencein intraoperative and postoperative outcomes betweenphacoemulsification surgeries performed with dominant andnon-dominant hands.Conclusion: Phacoemulsification surgeries can be carried outwith non-dominant hand and with excellent outcomes.