2007: phaco with a dense corneal opacity

Our guest surgeon does a great job performing cataract surgery in this patient with a dense corneal opacity. In the video I explain when to do cataract surgery alone or in combination with corneal surgery. I also give my best advice for IOL calculations in this situation. Finally, is it permissible to make the phaco incision near/at the corneal opacity and should you place a suture?

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