Purpose: To evaluate pulse type technology used to remove lens fragments during phacoemulsification.
Setting: John A. Moran Eye Center Laboratories, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Design: Experimental study.
Methods: Lens nuclei soaked in 10 mL of 10% neutral buffered formalin for 2 hours were placed in 10 mL of balanced salt solution. Lenses were cut into 2 mm × 2 mm cubes; no more than 36 hours later, cubes were randomly selected for testing. Two aspiration and 2 vacuum settings were assessed at moderate- and high-flow and vacuum (30 mL/min and 300 mm/Hg, low-flow vacuum; 50 mL/min and 500 mm/Hg, high-flow vacuum), with continuous 50 milliseconds on and off (long pulse) and 6 milliseconds on and off (micropulse) ultrasound.
Results: There was a significant difference in efficiency favoring micropulse compared with combined long pulse and continuous pulse in high-flow vacuum at 80% power (P = .018) and between combined long pulse and continuous pulse versus micropulse in high-flow vacuum at 20% power (P = .019). Low-flow vacuum micropulse was more efficient than continuous (19.7%) (P < .0001) and long pulse (22.7%) (P < .0001). Continuous and long pulses were not significantly different from one other. There was a significant difference in chatter rates between high-flow vacuum and low-flow vacuum when all results were compared (P < .0001), with no additional significant differences found.
Conclusion: Micropulse technology was better than continuous and long pulse at moderate but not high-flow and vacuum settings. At the higher setting, chatter was observed less often, with all modalities more efficient than the lower setting.
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