Seeing a patient with a white cataract undergoing cataract surgery brings me back to early memories of medical school. I was not planning on doing ophthalmology when I started medical school but I happened to be doing an elective rotation where I saw a patient with a white cataract having phaco surgery. It was miraculous: this blind patient with bilateral white cataracts had an elegant and precise surgery which instantly restored excellent vision. Truly amazing and I was hooked and I decided right then and there to become an ophthalmologist. Our guest surgeon today does a great job demonstrating the double rhexis technique for an intumescent white cataract. While there are many methods of achieving a great capsulorhexis in these cases, this is the one that I teach the most often. What is your take?
