1596: resident divide and conquer

While I prefer variations of phaco chop for most of my cataract surgery cases, residents typically start learning cataract surgery … More

1577: improvement after 100 surgeries

Our anonymous resident surgeon submitted a video of routine cataract surgery which we featured a few months ago as video … More

Our video is from an anonymous young surgeon in Australia who has learned the technique of flip and chop. The … More

Another anonymous USA resident sent me a video of the last case of residency, case number 250 where the nucleus … More

There are many ways to disassemble the nucleus into smaller fragments and the pre-chopper technique works well. This is a … More

The iris is a delicate and dynamic tissue that can inadvertently be aspirated into our phaco probe or irrigation/aspiration probe … More

Continuing with our theme of studying resident cataract surgeries in July, this case showcases a young resident from Brazil who … More

Most resident surgeons start learning phaco with the divide-and-conquer technique for a good reason. This technique is not time dependent, … More

Learning the capsulorhexis is one of the toughest steps of cataract surgery. In this case, a resident surgeon encounters a … More

We are in the middle of July and that means that ophthalmology residents in the USA are starting the academic … More

Seasoned ophthalmologists frequently ask the technique for helping a resident surgeon complete that very first cataract surgery case. As we … More

Recent ophthalmology graduates are sometimes surprised that they must be proctored for surgical cases even though they have completed years … More

I was recently in Scotland to speak at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists meeting in Glasgow in May 2022. The … More

The grand prize winner of the YoungMD Connect video contest is Dr Sunil Mamtora from the UK. His video should … More

I want to thank all of the CataractCoach and YoungMD Connect fans for the video submissions. As you realize, just … More

This video shows a beginner surgeon in residency who is performing MSICS. I show you this video to encourage you … More

I am very proud of this young surgeon who is performing phaco chop for this routine cataract case. Let’s face … More

This is one of the most critically important lessons in ophthalmic surgery. You must remember that the result of surgery … More

We just featured a similar complication two days ago in video 1435, so why are we showing another dropping nucleus? … More

In this surgery, the posterior capsule will rupture and the nucleus will drop into the vitreous cavity. When do you … More