1257: OSN NY Challenges with Akinesia

This talk is one of my lectures from the OSN NY 2021 meeting. This is the Ocular Surgery News meeting … More

1254: intra-nuclear stone formation

This patient has suffered from a dense white cataract for many years. During that time the lens cortex became liquefied … More

1233: microspherophakia surgery

Microspherophakia is a rare condition where the human crystalline lens takes on an unusual form: it is more spherical than … More

1210: How did this fragment get here?

Time for a cataract quiz. You are doing a seemingly routine cataract surgery and you experience no complications and in … More

1206: the soft and gummy cataract

When a cataract is very soft, such as in a younger patient with a posterior sub-capsular cataract, we can prolapse … More

1194: phaco use after IOL implanted

This is a tough case for a resident. A smaller pupil with a denser cataract and in an eye with … More

1176: cataract surgery in Fuchs’ dystrophy

You will certainly encounter patients with Fuchs’ dystrophy where the corneal endothelial cell layer becomes compromised. With loss of endothelial … More

1171: pigment dispersion syndrome

Pigment dispersion syndrome is a condition where iris pigment is dispersed throughout the anterior segment of the eye via the … More

1163: phaco behind the corneal scar

When a corneal scar limits the visualization, how can you still complete the cataract surgery in a safe manner? 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

1141: white cataract with coloboma

This patient has a lens coloboma with about three clock hours of missing zonular support. This can make the surgery … 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

1131: Cataract Surgery in Ocular Albinism

Ocular albinism is rare, however just about every cataract surgeon will encounter at least one or two patients with this … 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

1101: Infant Lensectomy Technique

While congenital cataracts are rare, they must be identified very early in an infant’s life and then often surgically treated. … More

1100: Very soft PSC cataract technique

This patient is young, under age 40, and has been suffering from posterior subcapsular cataracts for more than 1 year. … 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

1077: traumatic cataract & pupilloplasty

This patient sustained blunt trauma to his eye and then developed chronic mydriasis and a cataract with significant zonular loss. … More