1407: challenging uveitic cataract

This patient is monocular and has an opaque cataract that developed in the setting of chronic uveitis. This has cause … More

1388: small eye, small pupil, dense cataract

This is a very tough case: a small eye with a shallow anterior chamber, a small pupil with iris laxity, … More

Our guest surgeons today teamed up to help complete this cataract surgery in a nanophthalmic eye. The axial length is … More

This patient has a very small eye with an axial length of just 15 mm. That makes the entire surgery … More

This is a really difficult surgery and we know that ahead of time. When we examine this patient at the … More

This 58 year old patient is highly hyperopic, wearing +8.5 D glasses for distance vision and then +11.0 D glasses … More

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

This is a very tough case for this senior resident. The patient has a history of chronic uveitis, which has … More

The irrigation / aspiration probe is placed in the eye and we begin cortex removal. But as we try to … More

here are times when you will need to make a surgical iridotomy either during cataract surgery or as a stand-alone … More

We are thankful for the many video submissions we receive from our readers, particularly from residents or registrars who are … More

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

Pseudo-Exfoliation / Small Pupil / Weak Zonules / Shallow AC (watch video below) A sweet 80 year old patient comes … More

When you are mobilizing a dense nucleus and you briefly see a bright, clear, crescent-shaped red reflex, you can be … More

Our main phaco incision will induce astigmatism and multiple variables affect the degree of this change. Larger incisions have more … More

In this resident surgeon case, the anterior chamber flattens and there is loss of viscoelastic upon attempted manipulation of the … More

Synechiae are adhesions of the iris to ocular structures which can cause issues of aqueous blockage, pupil dilation, and more. … More

Nanophthalmic eyes are very small with a short axial length of less than 20 mm. This makes the cataract surgery … More