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Category: instruments

1418: advantages of Zepto capsulotomy

There are many ways of performing the steps of cataract surgery. We can do the capsulorhexis / capsulotomy with a … More

capsulorhexis, zepto

1387: Zepto Precision Pulse Capsulotomy

The Zepto device uses a brief pulse of electricity to instantly create a precision capsulotomy in the anterior lens capsule. … More

capsulorhexis

1333: pre-chopper for nucleus division

The pre-chopper is an instrument with two blades which are shaped like paddles and they are embedded into the nucleus … More

cataract surgery, pre-chop

1295: how to un-inject an IOL to explant

IOL exchange is an unusual procedure and it is safe to say that more than 99% of patients who receive … More

iol exchange

1256: you don’t need a pupil ring

If you are still a beginning surgeon or a resident surgeon, there may be a tendency to use pupil expansion … More

iris hooks, pupil ring

1247: Bent Needle Pre-Chopper

Our guest surgeon, Val Apostolov MD, has been featured on CataractCoach many times before. He is an innovative surgeon who … More

chopper, phaco chop

1246: BANG glaucoma technique

When I first met Arsham Sheybani MD at a meeting a few years ago, I could tell that I was … More

BANG, glaucoma

1184: diamond blades / keratomes

Diamond keratomes make the best incisions for cataract surgery because they are incredibly sharp and make very clean cuts in … More

diamond blades, keratomes

1153: is femto laser phaco better?

Despite more than a decade of use and hundreds of published papers, there is still some controversy as to the potential … More

femto laser

1140: IOL punch for suture fixation

There are many different techniques for suture fixation of an IOL to the sclera: Yamane, Canabrava, Gore-Tex, belt loop, and … More

sutured IOL

1009: Cutting a Fibrotic Lens Capsule

In some white cataracts, the lens capsule can become fibrotic as the lens cortex becomes absorbed and the capsule contracts. … More

fibrotic capsule

Simplified Pre-Chop Technique

The pre-chop technique refers to mechanically breaking the nucleus into smaller pieces prior to inserting the phaco probe into the … More

phaco chop, pre-chop

clean your optics & focus the microscope

This is actually a very important lesson. Your microscope optics will determine your view for the surgery and that could … More

cataract surgery, dirty optics

Phaco tip bevel down for chop

Many viewers of CataractCoach.com ask me why I prefer to have the phaco tip bevel down for cataract surgery. The … More

cataract surgery

cannula for cortex aspiration

Bimanual irrigation/aspiration for cortex removal has an advantage: it is easy to switch hands and then access a full 360 … More

cataract surgery

measure the capsulorhexis in high myopia

Eyes come in a spectrum of sizes, particularly with the measurements of the anterior segment in patients with extreme refractive … More

capsulorhexis

Safety with Cannula Use – be careful!

Beginning surgeons do not always realize that the force created by using small 27g cannulas can be quite high. If … More

cataract surgery

Does cataract surgery pose a viral risk?

Our colleagues from the University of Toronto recently did an experiment to determine if cataract surgery poses a risk of … More

cataract surgery, covid

Review: Chopper protects the capsular bag

We work in a very tiny space of just a fraction of a milliliter: the volume of the anterior chamber … More

#cataract, #cataract surgery

Fixate the eye with your other hand

The problem with using two hands to hold the capsulorhexis forceps is that you lose the ability to have the … More

#cataract, #cataract surgery

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