白内障手術時の前房内圧模擬実験装置の開発(<特集>ライフサイエンス)

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The cataract is a disease that crystalline lenses get opacified because of aging or other causes. In case of serious cataract, opacified lenses must be replaced with artificial lenses. The PEA (PhacoEmulsification Aspiration) is the major technique for removing opacified lenses. There is, however, a complication of posterior capsule damage in the PEA, which can invite blindness in the worst case. The main cause of this complication is a surge phenomenon in which the intracameral pressure falls down to an extreme value. Though there exist some passive countermeasures against it, they are not enough to secure safety of the surgical operation. Trying to develop a system which actively controls intracameral pressure, the authors developed a dynamic simulator of the anterior chamber under the PEA and its mathematical model.
日本シミュレーション学会の論文
2004-03-15