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Film 109609 Finessing the Fibrous Capsule
April 2025
Meeting: 2025 ASCRS Annual Meeting
Producers: Naren Shetty, MS, PhD; Ronald Yeoh, FRCSEd, FRCOphth
Category: Quality Teaching
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Cataracts with fibrous anterior capsules challenge the cataract surgeon to make a complete continuous circular capsulorhexis. Failure to do so creates difficulties during surgery and to IOL positioning. This film considers the surgical and structural aspects of fibrous anterior capsules, looks at associated novel biomarkers and considers how this information may help in reducing capsular fibrosis