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Tag: cataract surgery

1481: ASCRS case 12: phaco in trab eyes

This is our last of the dozen cases presented at the CataractCoach instructional course at the 2022 ASCRS meeting. When … More

cataract surgery, trabeculectomy

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

cataract surgery, corneal transplant

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

cataract surgery, viscoelastic

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

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 … More

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 … More

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 … More

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 … More

cataract surgery, cortex, unusual case

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

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 … More

cataract surgery, radial keratotomy

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

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 … More

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 … More

brunescent, cataract surgery, dense cataract

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

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 … More

cataract surgery, phaco chop

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

cataract surgery, phaco chop

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

cataract surgery, fellow ophthalmologist

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

cataract surgery, efficiency

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

capsule polishing, cataract surgery

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

cataract surgery, hydrodissection

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