In this video I review my routine for preparing for surgical days and I also explain why exercise makes you…
1215: soft PSC cataract in a 30 year old
When we perform cataract surgery for any patient, we must be cognizant that the patient will see the world through…
1214: the chopper just broke the capsule
A ruptured posterior capsule is a complication that can happen in any cataract surgery. There are two types of ophthalmologists…
1213: chop this dense cataract in the bag
This patient has a 4+ nuclear sclerotic cataract which we would classify as dense. Fortunately, it is not quite at…
1212: resident posterior polar cataract
Studies have shown that 1 out of 3 posterior polar cataract surgeries result in a ruptured posterior capsule. Here’s the…
1211: white cataract drops into vitreous
Our guest surgeon presents a case of a surprise complication when the white cataract falls into the vitreous cavity. He…
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…
1209: Thank you to my fellow surgeons
I am honored and humbled to have the vote of confidence from so many fellow ophthalmologists. This ranking from Newsweek…
1208: center IOLs with Purkinje images
For monofocal IOLs, a small amount of IOL decentration will have a minimal effect, particular in IOLs with low or…
1207: soft PSC cataract technique
This a complete cataract case, shown start to finish, for a young patient (age is early 30s) who has an…
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…
1205: how to perfect your capsulorhexis
The capsulorhexis is crucial in cataract surgery because it gives capsular integrity during nucleus and cortex removal and also provides…
1204: IOL exchange with stuck haptic
This patient has very high demands for his vision and to address the issue of presbyopia in his mid 50s…
1203: Resident’s 200th cataract surgery
In this video we are critiquing an anonymous resident surgeon’s 200th cataract case. I will be doing the voiceover the…
1202: pearls for your first LASIK surgery
It is important to learn LASIK and other forms of refractive surgery during residency training. When I was a resident…
1201: resident ruptured capsule case
This anonymous submitted video is from a resident who has edited down the video to the pertinent parts of the…
1200: small pupil toric IOL case
These are my pearls for implanting a toric IOL and achieving accurate alignment in small pupil cataract cases. These cases…
1199: predicting a phaco wound burn
A phaco wound burn is a terrible complication that happens from the heat that is created by the friction of…
1198: run-out rhexis leads to vitreous
The capsulorhexis is a very important part of the cataract surgery because it ensures compartmentalization of the eye during phacoemulsification…
1197: rescue this case of iris prolapse
This is a tough resident case and it all started to go downhill with a poorly constructed phaco incision. This…