I was watching cataract surgery videos on YouTube and I saw this video from Dr Shannon Wong from Austin, Texas…
1735: Curriculum Lesson 16: IOL loading
Continuing with lesson 16 in our Curriculum series, focusing on IOL loading. Every surgeon must know how to load the…
1734: the 7L rule saves the day
The 7L rule has been passed down from one generation of ophthalmologists to the next for many decades. It is…
1733: Can you do MSICS without a peritomy?
Today I have more questions than answers. I enjoy performing the MSICS technique and even in our Beverly Hills surgical…
1732: this white cataract is quite dense
We have previously explained that not all white cataracts are the same and that there is an entire spectrum of…
1731: small eye, shallow AC, high hyperopia
As surgeons, we love it when we can make an incredible improvement in the lives of our patients. An added…
1730: belt loop to fixate Ahmed segment
This patient sustained ocular trauma which resulted in loss of zonular support for about 180 degrees, allowing tilt and decentration…
1729: Quiz: what complication is imminent?
Look carefully at the picture and see if you can figure out what complication is imminent. Can you tell what…
1728: PodCast #2: Richard Lindstrom MD
Dr Lindstrom has been on the forefront of innovation in ophthalmology for many decades. He brings a wealth of knowledge…
1727: iStent prior to cataract surgery
The standard teaching is to perform cataract surgery first and then once the IOL is in the capsular bag and…
1726: resident stop and chop case 200
Stop and chop is an important technique to learn during residency and even if you move on to a chop…
1725: coloboma with capsule rupture
Yesterday we featured a case of cataract surgery in a patient with a coloboma. And today we have another similar…
1724: coloboma with zonular absence
Today and tomorrow we are featuring cases with congenital colobomas where there is an absence of part of the iris…
1723: Quiz: Why did corneal edema develop?
Quiz time with another CataractQuiz™ from CataractCoach™. Look carefully at the photo above and you will note that the patient…
1722: scleral tunnel for radial keratotomy
I have done cataract surgery for well over 1000 patients with prior radial keratotomy and on a recent surgical line-up,…
1721: Curriculum Lesson 15: Cortex
The next lesson in our CataractCoach Curriculum series is lesson 15 where we focus on lens cortex removal. This seemingly…
1720: Should you give up operating?
CataractCoach is very popular among young ophthalmologists who are in the earlier stages of learning ophthalmic surgery and I often…
1719: Crater Chop Technique
This resident cataract surgery case shows the crater chop technique where a central section of the nucleus is bowled out…
1718: Marfan syndrome subluxed lens
Marfan syndrome patients develop a progressive zonulopathy with subluxation of the crystalline lens which leads to visual decline. While still…
1717: bilateral phacomorphic glaucoma
This is a very unusual case of bilateral phacomorphic glaucoma where the swollen cataract caused the narrow angles to occlude.…
1716: astigmatism in radial keratotomy
For patients with prior radial keratotomy (RK), cataract surgery has to be done differently. These eyes also often have significant…
1715: capsulorhexis right up against iris
For a case like this where the pupil is mid-dilated to about 5 mm in diameter, be sure to make…
1714: PodCast #1: Robert H. Osher MD
Over the past 5 years and 1700+ videos, we have learned so much from each other by reviewing surgical videos…
1713: pars plana tap for aqueous misdirection
The key to resolving iris prolapse is to release the pressure gradient and we have covered this topic many times…
1712: fibrotic anterior capsule will not tear
This patient sustained ocular trauma which resulted in a white cataract as well as fibrosis of the anterior lens capsule.…
1711: severe PXF and zonulopathy
This is a very challenging surgery and most surgeons would rate it a 9 or 10 out of 10 in…
1710: this radialized capsulorhexis is stuck
This resident is just hitting his/her stride and has done more than 100 cataract surgeries at this point. This started…
1709: save this run out capsulorhexis
This guest surgeon does a great job of managing this run out capsulorhexis. It extends all the way to the…
1708: why did this nucleus drop so fast?
This resident case started out pretty well with a good incision and then an intact capsulorhexis, but then things quickly…
1707: curriculum lesson 14: epi-nucleus
Continuing with lesson 14 in our Curriculum series, focusing on the epi-nucleus. If you would like to review the other…
1706: Approach to the Gummy Nucleus
This patient has a large cortical opacity in the central visual axis which is distorting the vision tremendously. So while…
1705: recovering from iatrogenic iris damage
This is a very tough case and the iris prolapse and damage is considerable. This is the type of case…
1704: metallic intra-ocular foreign body
This patient sustained ocular trauma where a small, metallic foreign body penetrated the cornea and ended up inside the crystalline…
1703: horizontal chop without vacuum
The traditional method of phaco chop uses vacuum holding power at the phaco tip to hold the nucleus while the…
1702: capsule polishing or vacuuming?
Believe it or not, cleaning the undersurface of the anterior lens capsule was not always considered a requirement for a…
1701: don’t just break synechiae, fix pupil
This patient had a prior history of anterior uveitis which resulted in the formation of synechiae from the iris to…
1700: start the new year with purpose
This is video number 1700 which means that we have posted a new video every day for 1700 days in…
1699: Top 5 videos of 2022
Today is New Year’s Eve and we are going to review the top 5 videos of 2022. You can see…
1698: phaco trabeculectomy with leukoma
This is a very tough case because the patient has a long-standing corneal scar, a cataract, and glaucoma that is…
1697: what is this loose Gore-Tex suture?
Our guest surgeon, Dr Sara Bozorg, has sent us a very interesting case. This patient had some unknown procedure performed…
1696: dislocated IOL exchange technique
Our guest surgeon, Dr Brandon Ayres from Wills Eye Hospital, gets referred a high volume of complex anterior segment reconstruction…
1695: why I am doing stop and chop?
If phaco chop is so amazing, then why am I doing stop and chop in this case? Answer is in…
1694: nonagenarian pseudo-exfoliation
Cataract surgery is different in nonagenarians as it seems that once the patient reaches age 90, the aging process will…
1693: curriculum lesson 13: phaco chop details
Merry Christmas to the young ophthalmologists who are going to make time to learn from this latest lesson in our…
1692: tailor your technique to your population
I am a strong advocate of learning all different techniques of phaco and nucleo-fractis because I want to have all…
1691: IOL haptic tears posterior capsule
Another tough case today: as this resident implants a three-piece IOL, the leading haptic is twisted and the sharp tip…
1690: capsule rip extends to posterior capsule
This is a heartbreak of a case. The anterior lens capsule splits wide open with the classic Argentinian Flag Sign…
1689: phaco & pars plana vitrectomy
This patient has a rhegmatogenous retinal detachment as well as a visually significant cataract. Our guest surgeon is experienced with…
1688: post-trab cataract with weak zonule
The most important take home message in this video is when you see the capsulorhexis moving you should immediately think…
1687: ensuring capsular overlap of optic
In cataract surgery we are taking out a 4 to 5 mm thick human crystalline lens and replacing it with…