TY - JOUR T1 - Intraoperative optical coherence tomography-compatible surgical instruments for real-time image-guided ophthalmic surgery JF - British Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Br J Ophthalmol SP - 1306 LP - 1308 DO - 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2017-310530 VL - 101 IS - 10 AU - Justis P Ehlers AU - Atsuro Uchida AU - Sunil K Srivastava Y1 - 2017/10/01 UR - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/101/10/1306.abstract N2 - Intraoperative optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a potentially transformational technology that is now commercially available to ophthalmic surgeons. Currently, the use of the technology is primarily limited to a ‘stop and image’ approach due to the lack of OCT compatibility with surgical instrumentation. In this report, we describe multiple OCT-compatible surgical instruments that were developed for various surgical needs, based on previous evaluation of potential surgical materials for optical features and physical properties. OCT-compatible instrumentation included two membrane scrapers, a surgical pick and vitreoretinal forceps. Imaging during in vitro and ex vivo-simulated surgical procedures demonstrated excellent visualisation of the instrument tip and of the tissue–instrument interaction. These OCT-compatible instruments may be a key component to the feasibility of real-time image-guided surgery with intraoperative OCT. ER -