Yesterday we featured a case of cataract surgery in a patient with a coloboma. And today we have another similar…
1724: coloboma with zonular absence
Today and tomorrow we are featuring cases with congenital colobomas where there is an absence of part of the iris…
1723: Quiz: Why did corneal edema develop?
Quiz time with another CataractQuiz™ from CataractCoach™. Look carefully at the photo above and you will note that the patient…
1722: scleral tunnel for radial keratotomy
I have done cataract surgery for well over 1000 patients with prior radial keratotomy and on a recent surgical line-up,…
1721: Curriculum Lesson 15: Cortex
The next lesson in our CataractCoach Curriculum series is lesson 15 where we focus on lens cortex removal. This seemingly…
1720: Should you give up operating?
CataractCoach is very popular among young ophthalmologists who are in the earlier stages of learning ophthalmic surgery and I often…
1719: Crater Chop Technique
This resident cataract surgery case shows the crater chop technique where a central section of the nucleus is bowled out…
1718: Marfan syndrome subluxed lens
Marfan syndrome patients develop a progressive zonulopathy with subluxation of the crystalline lens which leads to visual decline. While still…
1717: bilateral phacomorphic glaucoma
This is a very unusual case of bilateral phacomorphic glaucoma where the swollen cataract caused the narrow angles to occlude.…
1716: astigmatism in radial keratotomy
For patients with prior radial keratotomy (RK), cataract surgery has to be done differently. These eyes also often have significant…
1715: capsulorhexis right up against iris
For a case like this where the pupil is mid-dilated to about 5 mm in diameter, be sure to make…
1714: PodCast #1: Robert H. Osher MD
Over the past 5 years and 1700+ videos, we have learned so much from each other by reviewing surgical videos…
1713: pars plana tap for aqueous misdirection
The key to resolving iris prolapse is to release the pressure gradient and we have covered this topic many times…
1712: fibrotic anterior capsule will not tear
This patient sustained ocular trauma which resulted in a white cataract as well as fibrosis of the anterior lens capsule.…
1711: severe PXF and zonulopathy
This is a very challenging surgery and most surgeons would rate it a 9 or 10 out of 10 in…
1710: this radialized capsulorhexis is stuck
This resident is just hitting his/her stride and has done more than 100 cataract surgeries at this point. This started…
1709: save this run out capsulorhexis
This guest surgeon does a great job of managing this run out capsulorhexis. It extends all the way to the…
1708: why did this nucleus drop so fast?
This resident case started out pretty well with a good incision and then an intact capsulorhexis, but then things quickly…
1707: curriculum lesson 14: epi-nucleus
Continuing with lesson 14 in our Curriculum series, focusing on the epi-nucleus. If you would like to review the other…
1706: Approach to the Gummy Nucleus
This patient has a large cortical opacity in the central visual axis which is distorting the vision tremendously. So while…