Promising hypersonic vitrectomy may offer advantages over pneumatic guillotine cutters

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Hypersonic vitrectomy is a relatively new method with the potential to innovate vitreoretinal surgery, but surgeons have more to learn about it, according to a presenter at Retina 2022.
“It will be easier for all of the things that we do for vitreoretinal surgery, but we are definitely still learning about it,” Sunir J. Garg, MD, FACS, FASRS, said.
The Vitesse hypersonic vitrectomy system (Bausch + Lomb) eliminates the duty cycle, potentially causes less traction and does not require gas tanks, removing the need for specialized operating (Read more...)

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