Abstract

In this report, we aimed to determine wound leakage by instillation of trypan blue onto main incision and side port incisions during phacoemulsification surgery with clear corneal incision technique. Thirty-four eyes with cataract of 34 patients, who were operated by phacoemulsification method were included in the study. Incision points were hydrated by balanced saline solution and leakage was controlled at the end of the surgery. Trypan test revealed minor leakage in 23 out of 34 eyes (67.6%). All of these leakages occurred at the side-port incisions. Trypan blue technique based on the logic of Seidel test seems to be an effective and simple method for demonstrating unnoticed wound leakages.

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