1469: open sky cataract surgery

There are times where you will want to perform a combination surgery of full-thickness corneal transplant and cataract surgery at … More

1460: phaco without visco-elastic / OVD

Many decades ago when phacoemulsification was first presented to the world by Charles Kelman MD, no viscoelastic was used during … More

I have previously featured a challenging cataract case for a patient with severe tremors due to systemic neurological disease. In … More

This is another case where the capsulorhexis is about 4 mm in diameter and this causes a complication where the … More

Keep in mind the dimensions of the typical cataractous lens: about 9-10 mm in diameter and then about 4-5 mm … More

This video shows something that I have never previously seen before: removal of the lens cortex prior to removing three … More

This young ophthalmologist in training is a registrar in the UK and s/he has submitted an anonymous video for critique. … More

Our guest surgeon, Dr Cathy McCabe from Florida, USA has an innovative way of securing IOLs to the sclera in … More

Look carefully at the title picture and you will see that the posterior capsule is ruptured and it appears to … More

Our guest surgeon is Dr Andre Berger from Brazil and he is an accomplished, expert cataract surgeon. In this video … More

Today we present four short videos with great surgical pearls. I am sure that you will learn something new and … More

I need your input to determine when this surgeon is getting / causing a Descemet detachment during cataract surgery. This … More

In an eye with a truly dense, hyper-mature cataract, MSICS (manual small incision cataract surgery) can be a better option … More

The young surgeon featured in this video does an excellent job of performing phaco chop in this routine cataract case. … More

This patient sustained ocular trauma which resulted in a traumatic cataract and loss of about 5 to 6 clock hours … More

Our guest surgeon has an interesting technique where he uses the keratome to start the capsulorhexis. This saves a step … More

While microspherophakia is a relatively rare condition, we have featured it here previously including a resident case. This case is … More

I enjoyed watching this video where our guest surgeon performs a technique that he calls swift chop. What’s interesting about … More

We can stretch the pupil using two hooks in order to enlarge a small pupil for cataract surgery. But how … More