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Category: complete cases

considerations for monocular patients

Monocular patients present a special situation that can differ from a routine case in a patient with two eyes. We … More

cataract surgery, monocular patients

Routine Cataract Case for Myopic Patient

Complete Cataract Case: the entire surgery is shown from start to finish, but don’t fret, it is still just a … More

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complete cataract case: optimize steps

Most of us will have the opportunity to perform thousands of cataract surgeries (often tens of thousands) during the course … More

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complete case: chop nucleus in the bag

One of my favorite types of videos to watch is the Complete Cataract Case. I enjoy seeing a surgery from … More

cataract surgery, phaco chop

Benchmark: Skills after 1000 surgeries

Our guest surgeon today is Érico Jun Oda MD from Brazil and he is showing us a routine cataract case. … More

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You don’t always need rings or iris hooks

For a case like this, there is no need for a pupil expansion ring or iris hooks. These devices can … More

complete cataract case, floppy iris, ifis

Complete Case: Pseudo-Exfoliation

Time for a complete cataract case, shown from start to finish. This patient has significant pseudo-exfoliation syndrome with all of … More

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Patient moving during cataract surgery

Many patients ask us what will happen if they move during cataract surgery. What if they need to sneeze or … More

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PanOptix IOL in a Highly Myopic Patient

most extreme PanOptix IOL power for extreme myopia

extreme trifocal

Playlist: Complete Cataract Cases

There is so much to be learned by watching a complete surgery, from start to finish. These complete cataract cases … More

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Complete Case: Propagate the Chop

Another video in our Complete Cataract Case series where we show you an entire surgery from start to finish. This … More

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Cataract Surgery for a Cataract Surgeon

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Finishing this case will be difficult

The reason why ophthalmologists need to perform at least 1,000 cataract surgeries until they are sufficiently up the learning curve, … More

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Cataract Quiz: What should you do?

What are these dark spots seen in the red reflex as you are about to start cataract surgery? What do … More

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complete case: phaco chop in myope

Complete Cataract Cases are videos where we show the entire surgery, from the first incision (usually the paracentesis in my … More

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Complete Cataract Case: Routine Surgery

While it is fun to watch a video of a cataract surgery that involves complicated maneuvers and difficult challenges, this … More

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Complete Cataract Case: No pupil ring!

Another video in our series of complete cataract cases, where the entire surgery from start to finish is presented. There … More

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complete cataract case: great red reflex

We all love a great red reflex during cataract surgery because it makes is much easier to see details such … More

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Complete Case: Retained Viscoelastic

Retained viscoelastic after cataract surgery is the most common reason why there is an elevation of the intra-ocular pressure (IOP) … More

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great learning resident cataract case

If you are in an ophthalmology residency program in the northern hemisphere, particularly in the USA, then you know that … More

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complete cataract case: phaco flip

The key to the phaco flip technique is using the fluid wave from hydro-dissection to gently prolapse part of the … More

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Complete Case: Pressurized Cataract

This is an interesting case of a young patient, in his mid 40s, who sustained ocular trauma and developed a … More

cataract surgery

Critiquing my old cataract surgery video

I was digging through some old computer files and I came across an old video that I made in 2006. … More

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Complete Cataract Case: a very special case

This is a complete cataract case, shown from the making of the first incision to the sealing of the incision. … More

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Complete Case: Cortical Cataract

With a cortical cataract, patients are very symptomatic, particularly if the cortical opacities are within the visual axis. These tend … More

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Complete Case: a very special patient

As a surgeon, it is always an honor when a colleague trusts you to operate on his eyes or on … More

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Complete Case: loose zonular support

Another great video in our series of Complete Cataract Cases: a dense cataract in the setting of loose zonular support. … More

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Complete Case: vertical phaco chop

Another complete cataract case, this time showing the vertical chop technique to split the cataract into two halves. This is … More

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Complete Case: Efficient Phaco Chop

Another great video in our series of Complete Cataract Cases. You’ll be able to learn from the very first incision … More

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Complete Case: Floppy Iris & Loose Zonules

There is a benefit to watching a video of a complete cataract case, from start to finish. This is particularly … More

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Complete Case: PXF supra-capsular chop

The previous case (reference 611) from yesterday, showed the first eye of this patient where the technique was phaco chop … More

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Complete Case: PXF chop in the bag

Today (video 611) and tomorrow (video 616) are the two eyes of the same patient who has pseudo-exfoliation syndrome and … More

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Show me a beautiful cataract surgery

Here on CataractCoach.com we have hundreds of teaching videos, and many of them are of very complex or complicated cases … More

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Benchmark: Senior Resident Chop

This is a good benchmark for what a senior resident should be able to achieve by the end of residency … More

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Seems like a good chop but…

Another video for our series of Complete Cataract Cases, we present a surgery of me operating. During this surgery, I … More

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Complete Case: Soft Cortical Cataract

Another addition to our series on Complete Cataract Cases is this technique for soft cortical cataracts. These cataracts are typically … More

Complete Case: Cataract in a Small Eye

Looking at this picture, we can see that the corneal diameter is very small compared to the size of the … More

Manual SICS with nucleus bisection

SICS is small incision cataract surgery, and it refers to a method of manual expression of the nucleus through a … More

Complete Case: Chop in the Bag

Again we have a complete case, from start to finish, showing a routine cataract surgery with a phaco chop technique. … More

Complete Case: Flomax & Toric IOL

Many of our CataractCoach.com readers have been asking for complete cases, shown from start to finish. There is a lot … More

Complete Case: Brunescent & White Cataract

This patient truly needs our help. She developed a cataract in the right eye a few years ago and was … More

Review: Side View of Hand Position

While we do hold the phaco probe with a pencil grip, we do not use the same angle as writing with … More

Complete Case: Dense PSC & Shallow AC

This is a complete case, shown from start to finish. For many of our CataractCoach viewers, particularly the surgeons with … More

Mastering Divide-and-Conquer Phaco

Back by popular demand! Most beginning surgeons start by learning divide-and-conquer as the primary method of nucleus division for cataract … More

Cataract Surgery in a 100-year-old patient

We should all be so lucky to live to 100 years old. It’s quite a rarity and it is something … More

Phaco Chop in the bag with smaller pupils

In many of the prior videos related to smaller pupils, I have emphasized the technique of bringing the nucleus partially … More

Phaco Flip & Chop is great for Beverly Hills Cataracts

Often, the density of the nucleus and the severity of the cataract relates to the patient’s access to healthcare. In … More

SupraCapsular Technique for Softer Nuclei

For a relatively soft nucleus, such as in a younger patient with primarily posterior subcapsular cataract changes, the supracapsular technique … More

Tilt and Tumble Phaco Technique

The Tilt and Tumble phaco technique is a very efficient and safe method of nucleus removal. First described many years … More

Flip and Chop Phaco is Ideal for Routine Cases

The flip and chop phaco technique has been presented here before on many occasions because it is such an efficient … More

Horizontal Phaco Chop for Efficient Cataract Surgery

The original phaco chop technique described by Dr. Nagahara in 1995 was the horizontal chop. This involves holding the lens … More

Flip and Chop for Highly Efficient Cataract Surgery

Phaco flip is an efficient procedure since the initial hydro-dissection brings the nucleus out of the capsular bag. If we … More

Four Quadrant Chop & Conquer Technique

Many ophthalmologists in training start out by learning the four quadrant divide-and-conquer technique, which has a long history of being … More

Routine Phaco Chop Cataract Surgery

Continuing with our series about routine cataract cases, today we present a routine phaco chop surgery. The cataract is chopped … More

Flip and Chop early in the Learning Curve

Phaco Chop is my preferred technique of nucleus removal during cataract surgery because it is safe, efficient, and uses much … More

Divide-and-Conquer Technique

To facilitate removal of the cataract nucleus with the phaco probe, it is helpful to divide it into quadrants or … More

Stop-and-Chop Technique for Cataract Surgery

The Stop-and-Chop technique for nucleus removal during cataract surgery blends aspects of the Divide-and-Conquer method with some Phaco Chop. Some … More

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