Emersion AScan

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Emersion A-Scan

• Dennis M. West, CRA

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Why Emersion?

• Accurate
• Reproducible
• Fast
• Every patient

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Why is it so accurate?

• Water eliminates guessing on the correct number
• No corneal compression
• IOL master calibrated to emersion

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Reproducibility

• All techs must use the same technique.
• Scan not dependant on skill level of scan tech

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How Fast is Fast

• Less than 1 minuet per eye
• Can be done in wheel chair or OR
• Dose not need patient cooperation to get good
  scans
• Parkinson's
• Stroke
• General anesthesia

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Ever Patient

• 1 NS to Hyper Mature lens
• Opaque cornea
• Small pupils
• IOL Master
• Very difficult to scan eyes with Greater than
  2NS
• No view, No Scan

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Shells
Prager Kohn
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What you need

• Shell
• Water, BSS, Saline
• Syringe with infusion set
• Topical anesthetic
• Lots of tissue

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Questions?