A Morgagnian cataract is a type of hypermature cataract where the lens cortex has fully liquefied, causing the dense nucleus to sink to the bottom of the lens capsule. This makes the cataract surgery more challenging because there is little support by the lens nucleus to perform the capsulorhexis. Often a good technique is to puncture the lens capsule, drain the liquefied cortex (the “milk”) and then partially fill the capsular bag in order to complete the capsulorhexis. Our guest surgeon does a great job with this tough case.
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