1590: flip & chop and clear corneas

This is a complete cataract case, shown start to finish, of a routine cataract surgery using the flip and chop … More

1565: hesitant to perform flip and chop?

Multiple CataractCoach.com subscribers have emailed me to ask for pearls for success with phaco flip and chop. They have some … More

We have previously discussed the surgical learning curve with a detailed explanation how the beginning part of the curve is … More

This is a complete cataract case, shown start to finish, using the tilt and chop technique. This is like the … More

A retained lens fragment is common in cataract surgery because we are breaking up the cataract into many smaller pieces … More

Routine surgery is probably 90% of what you perform every week in your operating room (or operating theatre), but sometimes … More

This is a seemingly routine case, shown start to finish, where I find it challenging to rotate the nucleus despite … More

This is a complete cataract case, shown start to finish, of a patient seen in my private clinic. At the … More

For routine cataract cases, I can perform just one phaco chop to split the nucleus into two halves and then … More

If you are subscribing to our daily email from CataractCoach, then you are already passionate about being an expert cataract … More

Our anonymous surgeon sent in this video asking for a critique of this cataract surgery. It is a good routine … More

There is no doubt that cataract surgery is very difficult to learn. Learning intra-ocular surgery is likely the most difficult … More

In this video I am showing the microscope view of the cataract surgery that was performed in video 1335. If … More

After a long day of surgery, I was telling a friend that I felt exhausted. And he remarked that since … More

Don’t be fooled into thinking that there is not much to be learned from watching a routine cataract case. As … More

I enjoy performing routine cataract surgery as much as challenging or unusual cases. There is a beauty and elegance in … More

Becoming efficient in the operating room is not easy and it takes years to truly hone your craft. Remember that … More

The surgeon is the captain of the operating room and must know everything about the case and instrumentation. While we … More

This a complete cataract case, shown start to finish, for a young patient (age is early 30s) who has an … More

Our guest surgeon today shows us a very nice vertical chop technique. This works well if the nucleus has a … More