2847: when you learn chop, you’ll ditch D&C

Once cataract surgeons master phaco chop, they rarely return to the divide and conquer method because of the dramatic gains … More

2819: last cataract case of fellowship

A hallmark of a good horizontal chop cataract case as a fellowship capstone is the economy of motion and coolness … More

Persistence is key when performing phaco chop, especially if the initial chop does not fully propagate through the nucleus. A … More

If you are a resident, fellow, or young surgeon who has done fewer than 500 cataract surgeries, then you owe … More

Our guest surgeon does a great job with this dense whitish cataract using the horizontal chop technique. These cases can … More

Our guest surgeon does a great job with this cataract case, performing a beautiful horizontal chop technique. The chopper has … More

I am very impressed with the younger generation of ophthalmologists because they learn so quickly and have great dexterity. It … More

Our guest surgeon here is a resident who is doing a great job of horizontal chop in this white cataract. … More

The most common request from CataractCoach fans is guidance for learning phaco chop. Yes, your divide and conquer and your … More

This resident surgeon presents case 250 which features an excellent phaco chop technique. This resident has obviously spent much time … More

This resident is learning horizontal phaco chop early in residency and this is case 50 from this young surgeon. The … More

One of the challenges in learning horizontal phaco chop is that there is only a small window of time, usually … More

Last week in video 1747, we showed you this same resident surgeon’s first case of horizontal chop and it went … More

The traditional method of phaco chop uses vacuum holding power at the phaco tip to hold the nucleus while the … More

Our guest surgeon is Dr Hafidi Zouheir from Rabat, Morocco and he expertly demonstrates the horizontal chop technique for a … More