From our Complete Cataract Case series, this is a video of a routine phaco chop case. It is not cherry picked as my best case of the day, but rather it is a video that shows a bit of a struggle with cortex removal due to insufficient hydro-dissection earlier in the procedure. The key for chop is complete separation of the two hemi-nuclear pieces so that each can then be subdivided and emulsified.
click to learn from this complete cataract case of phaco chop:
