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1459: pediatric cataract for a 7 year old

A talented resident surgeon is performing this cataract surgery with the help of a professor. Cataract surgery for these pediatric…

pediatric cataract

1458: phaco for a patient with tremors

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

cataract surgery, tremor

1457: small capsulorhexis leads to trouble

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

capsulorhexis, cataract surgery

Young MD connect video contest $500

Time for another great video contest. This one is sponsored by both YoungMDconnect.com and CataractCoach.com with a cash prize of…

cataract surgery, video contest

1456: operating through a small rhexis

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

capsulorhexis, cataract surgery

1455: cortex removal before nucleus removal

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

cataract surgery, cortex, unusual case

1454: peeling off the pupillary membrane

This patient has a long history of prior uveitis / anterior iritis which caused synechiae where the iris became adherent…

complete cataract case, pupilloplasty, uveitis

1453: Quiz: What is your next step?

This is a tough case where the nucleus is very dense and difficult to chop, but the bigger challenge is…

brunescent, capsular tension ring, dense cataract, weak zonular support

1452: always give the benefit of the doubt

This is one of the most critically important lessons in ophthalmic surgery. You must remember that the result of surgery…

surgical discussion, surgical pearls

1451: Quiz: Where is the lens fragment?

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

cataract quiz, retained lens fragment

1450: pseudo-exfoliation in a 90 year old

Pseudo-exfoliation syndrome means that cataract surgery will be more challenging. The pupil will not dilate as much, the zonular support…

cataract surgery, pseudo-exfoliation, PXF

1449: monocular patient with 16 cut RK

This is a tough case in a patient with just one eye. He had a prior history of 16-cut radial…

cataract surgery, radial keratotomy

1448: 3D viewing system in tough cases

Our guest surgeons from France have an innovative use of the 3D viewing systems to help patients with severe postural…

microscope, unusual case

1447: setting reasonable patient expectations

Ophthalmology is a highly specialized field of medicine, so much so that most other physicians have very little knowledge of…

cataract surgery, interview, patient expectations

1446: taking pride in your routine surgery

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

cataract surgery

1445: rubbery brunescent cataract

There is a pleasure in helping patients with a dense brunescent cataract: we enjoy the surgical challenge and the patient…

brunescent, cataract surgery, dense cataract

1444: the patient moved during the rhexis

As I am performing the capsulorhexis, the patient unexpectedly moved and there is a run-out of the capsule tear. The…

capsulorhexis

1443: the nucleus just will not rotate

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

cataract surgery, complete cataract case

1442: this nucleus is denser than it looks

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

cataract surgery, phaco chop

1441: converting from phaco to MSICS

Our guest surgeon is Jack Shao MD who is a faculty member at the Cole Eye Institute at the Cleveland…

brunescent, MSICS

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