Yesterday was video number 1600 which means that we have featured a new video/post every day for the past 1600…
1600: this resident loves MIGS
When you are a resident, make it a point of learning as much as possible. Do a wide variety of…
1599: leaky paracentesis causes issues
You may think that a paracentesis incision is trivial and has little effect on the case, but that is not…
1598: resident posterior polar cataract
We have covered posterior polar cataracts so many times that there is a separate category for these tricky cases. The…
1597: Final case of UCLA Residency
I have always marched to beat of my own drum and I never wanted to be in full-time academic medicine…
1596: resident divide and conquer
While I prefer variations of phaco chop for most of my cataract surgery cases, residents typically start learning cataract surgery…
1595: curriculum lesson 6: viscoelastics
Viscoelastics, also referred to as OVDs (ophthalmic visco-surgical devices), are viscous substances that allow us to make phaco-emulsification easier and…
1594: healing & anatomy affect outcomes
Patient anatomy and healing greatly affect outcomes. The visual results of surgery depend both on surgeon as well as patient…
1593: this EDOF patient will be amazed
What are the factors for success with EDOF (extended depth of focus) IOLs? How can we ensure that the patient…
1592: off-axis incisions and toric IOLs
Your surgically induced astigmatism (SIA) from your standard phaco incision is probably far less predictable than you think. There are…
1591: asteroid hyalosis of the vitreous
We have all seen it before: thousands of small, white, refractile bodies floating in the vitreous cavity with seemingly little…
1590: flip & chop and clear corneas
This is a complete cataract case, shown start to finish, of a routine cataract surgery using the flip and chop…
1589: optimzing the incision in RK eyes
The cornea in patients with prior radial keratotomy is very delicate and prone to a higher rate of complications during…
1588: IOL calc case study 5: too opaque
We are so accustomed to using optical biometry that sometimes we don’t know exactly what to do when the cataract…
1587: IOL scaffold technique
The IOL scaffold technique is where the IOL is implanted prior to removal of the last bits of the cataract.…
1586: bringing the dropped nucleus up
If the posterior capsule ruptures and the nucleus drops during cataract surgery, my advice to you is to let it…
1585: posterior polar with strong capsule
Quite often, patients do not understand that there are tissue differences among the population. Even if we look at just…
1584: posterior polar ruptured capsule
When I have lectured at large ophthalmic meetings, I would sometimes pause and ask the audience members to raise their…
1583: pseudo-exfoliation with iris hooks
Our guest surgeon does a great job with this tough cataract case. The patient has an intumescent white cataract and…
1582: Quiz: Why such an odd chopper?
Time for a Cataract Quiz: look at the picture here and tell me, why this surgeon is using such an…