Chandelier endoillumination has become common everyday practice for most vitreoretinal
surgeons. The assistant-controlled directional chandelier is a solution to controlling,
minimizing glare of, and directing the light when using a chandelier endoillumination
device (Video 1, available online). With the use of readily available items within
a vitreoretinal operating room setting, the Luer connector is attached to the light
pipe with adhesive dressing (A). Approximately 6 mm of residual light pipe is left
exposed to stop the assistant from inadvertently advancing the light pipe too deeply
into the eye (B). A handle with adhesive dressing folded around the light pipe is
then created and gripped with a snap (C). Following this, the surgical assistant can
hold and point the light source in any direction without compromising the surgical
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Article Info
Publication History
Published online: June 10, 2021
Accepted:
May 13,
2021
Received:
May 8,
2021
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