This is our last of the dozen cases presented at the CataractCoach instructional course at the 2022 ASCRS meeting. When … More
Tag: cataract surgery
1469: open sky cataract surgery
There are times where you will want to perform a combination surgery of full-thickness corneal transplant and cataract surgery at … More
1460: phaco without visco-elastic / OVD
Many decades ago when phacoemulsification was first presented to the world by Charles Kelman MD, no viscoelastic was used during … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
1445: rubbery brunescent cataract
There is a pleasure in helping patients with a dense brunescent cataract: we enjoy the surgical challenge and the patient … More
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 … More
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 … More
1431: this is why I just need one chop
For routine cataract cases, I can perform just one phaco chop to split the nucleus into two halves and then … More
1430: mom of an ophthalmologist
Since our surgery center is in Beverly Hills, I have many celebrities as patients. Multiple actors / actresses who have … More
1428: can you achieve this by case 1000?
If you are subscribing to our daily email from CataractCoach, then you are already passionate about being an expert cataract … More
1411: how much capsule polishing to do?
Capsule polishing to remove tiny residual bits of lens material is frequently done in cataract surgery. We have asked our … More
1410: phaco without hydro-dissection
We routinely perform hydro-dissection during cataract surgery in order to help free the nucleus from the capsular bag. One of … More