Here is a complete list of all videos sorted by category. This list will be continuously updated as we post new videos so that it is always up to date.
beginning surgeons / novice surgeons
hydro-dissection & hydro-delineation
OCT ocular coherence tomography
posterior sub capsular (PSC) cataracts
Quiz – The Cataract Quiz series
refractive surgery / refractions
review of important prior posts
These are suggested starting points based on year of residency training. The typical USA training is 4 years of university for a bachelor’s degree, 4 years of medical school for MD degree, 1 year internship (PGY1), then 3 years of residency training (PGY2, PGY3, PGY4). PGY stands for post-graduate year since these are the years after completion of the MD degree. A one or two year sub-specialty fellowship is optional after residency training.
Start with understanding the learning grid of ocular surgery, and then go through the videos listed below. Remember, this is just the start — you need to watch many more videos than this!
PGY2 Residents (first full year of ophthalmology residency in USA)
- how to do a retro-bulbar block
- ergonomics of ocular surgery
- effectively draping the eye
- making a phaco incision
- suturing the incision
- sculpting a nuclear groove
- loading the IOL
- pivoting within the incision
- hand positioning
- how to hold a fluid syringe
PGY3 Residents (junior year of ophthalmology residency in USA)
- subtenon’s block
- hand position with simultaneous microscope view
- making the phaco incision
- capsulorhexis creation
- hydro-dissection
- divide-and-conquer technique
- phaco fundamentals (10 part series)
- mistakes that novice surgeons make
- having the right attitude to learn
- optimizing the red reflex
PGY4 Residents (senior year of ophthalmology residency in USA)
- tri-planar incision
- your signature: incision and capsulorhexis
- stop-and-chop technique
- resident learns phaco chop
- learning vertical phaco chop
- toric IOL basics
- pupil stretching
- intumescent white cataracts
- avoiding corneal edema after cataract surgery
- unusual cases (you should use the search function to prepare for tough cases)
- advice for surgical success
Thank you!