|Articles|February 15, 2003

Versatile viscoelastic an aid in all steps of cataract surgery

Sewickley, PA-Sodium hyaluronate 1.6% (Amvisc Plus, Bausch & Lomb) offers the right balance of desired viscoelastic properties, making it useful during each stage of cat-aract surgery and an excellent choice for nearly all phacoemulsification cases, agree cataract surgeons Richard A. Bowers, MD, and Andrew Tharp, MD.

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