Today’s interesting IOL calc case study features another patient with anisometropia, similar to IOL calc case study 1, where the…
1538: resident flip and chop case
Continuing with our theme of studying resident cataract surgeries in July, this case showcases a young resident from Brazil who…
1537: graduating from divide + conquer
How can you tell when it’s time for you to graduate from divide-and-conquer? You certainly need to attain some degree…
1536: improve your divide-and-conquer
Most resident surgeons start learning phaco with the divide-and-conquer technique for a good reason. This technique is not time dependent,…
1535: resident capsulorhexis rescue
Learning the capsulorhexis is one of the toughest steps of cataract surgery. In this case, a resident surgeon encounters a…
1534: a resident’s first phaco chop
We are in the middle of July and that means that ophthalmology residents in the USA are starting the academic…
1533: handholding for your first phaco
Seasoned ophthalmologists frequently ask the technique for helping a resident surgeon complete that very first cataract surgery case. As we…
1532: Curriculum Lesson 2: your attitude
If you are a resident, fellow, or in practice for less than 5 years, then you really need to watch…
1531: what happened to bimanual phaco?
Many of our surgeons use bimanual irrigation/aspiration during cataract surgery and certainly all retina surgeons perform bimanual vitrectomy, so what…
1530: intra-scleral flange placement
In the past few years we have seen many advances in IOL fixation using techniques described by Yamane, Canabrava, Oetting,…
1529: prosthetic iris implantation
This patient sustained trauma which caused a cataract but it also resulted in permanent mydriasis with a pupil size of…
1528: open globe, failed graft, & cataract
This video is a series of three separate surgeries on the same patient, by the same surgeon, Dr Jimmy Hu…
1527: resorbed cataract with zonular loss
This patient sustained trauma to his eye years ago and that resulted in a cataract which, over time, became liquefied…
1526: your first proctored surgical cases
Recent ophthalmology graduates are sometimes surprised that they must be proctored for surgical cases even though they have completed years…
1525: IOL calc case study 1: steep Ks
Our new semi-monthly series is all about IOL calculation case studies. We will present a video about the IOL calculations…
1524: surgical lessons from Scotland
I was recently in Scotland to speak at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists meeting in Glasgow in May 2022. The…
1523: Zepto for intumescent cataracts
We have seen the videos before where the Argentinian Flag sign develops instantly as the anterior lens capsule splits uncontrollably.…
1522: pupil size affects EDOF IOL vision
As surgeons, we know that the refractive outcome for each patient depends on our surgical technique, the calculations, the technology,…
1521: when the anterior capsule wrinkles…
Wrinkling of the anterior capsule during the performance of the capsulorhexis can be concerning because it indicates that zonular support…
1520: focal traumatic cataract
At the pre-operative consultation for this patient, it was unclear if there was capsular damage associated with this focal opacity.…