This patient has a 4+ nuclear sclerotic cataract which we would classify as dense. Fortunately, it is not quite at … More
Category: dense cataract
1155: dense cataract, small pupil, MIGS
This is a tough case in an 87 year old patient who has a small pupil, a dense cataract, and … More
1151: white cataract and uveitis synechiae
This patient has a long standing history of uveitis which has resulted in synechiae between the iris and the anterior … More
1144: white cataract intra-capsular surgery
Decades ago the standard cataract surgery was an intra-capsular cataract extraction. This involved making a large incision, injecting alpha chymotrypsin … More
1138: my 100 year old cataract patient
This patient is 100 years old and she now has decided that she would like cataract surgery. Certainly we are … More
1124: Pearls for learning MSICS
It may surprise you to know that many young ophthalmologists in the USA do not have experience performing MSICS. In … More
1123: dense brunescent cataract chop
This video showcases the entire surgery which we are running at 2x speed so that it is just 5 minutes. … More
1091: Dense Cataract and Nystagmus
Our guest surgeon is Dr Érico Jun Oda from Brazil and he demonstrates an expert level cataract surgery in a … More
1079: you must learn SICS / ECCE
More than 20 years ago when I was a resident ophthalmologist at the UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute, we performed … More
1008: Horizontal Chop Technique
Our guest surgeon is Dr Hafidi Zouheir from Rabat, Morocco and he expertly demonstrates the horizontal chop technique for a … More
Pseudo-Exfoliation White Cataract
Our guest surgeon today is a young ophthalmologist from Spain and he is performing phaco for a patient with a … More
Cataract, cornea transplant, glaucoma tube
Our guest surgeon is Guillermo Amescua MD who is a faculty member at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami. … More
Femtosecond Laser White Cataract
Our guest surgeon today is Xiongfei Liu MD from Sacramento, California. He was previously a resident with us at our … More
Cataract Quiz: Where is the hidden piece?
Time for another cataract quiz — look carefully at the photo above. Where is the nuclear fragment hiding? And how … More
Cataract Quiz: When did the break happen?
This patient has a relatively dense cataract and requires a toric IOL for 2 diopters of regular corneal astigmatism. When … More
Soft versus Dense Cataracts
Our guest surgeon, Dra. Luz Marina Melo from Colombia, shows us two very different techniques for soft versus dense cataracts. … More
adherent posterior capsule plaques
You are doing cataract surgery for a patient with a dense nucleus, an advanced cataract, with barely count fingers vision. … More
Rotary Chop Technique
The key to splitting a brunescent cataract is to access the central endo-nucleus. This is the densest part of the … More
Surprise! Loose Zonular Support!
This patient has a dense cataract and a surprise waiting for the surgeon: as the nucleus is being cracked, we … More
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