The benefit of learning many different phaco techniques is that you can choose the one that is best for each specific patient and also have a back-up plan. While phaco chop is my go-to technique for most cataract surgeries, I am well-versed in just about every other method as well. In this case, the chop failed so I decided to revert back to this technique…
click below to see my approach to nucleus division after a failed chop:
