We all need to keep evolving our surgical techniques. You would never do a routine couching of a nucleus by … More
Tag: manual ECCE
1834: phaco-section and then extraction
We have previously featured this technique (and this guest surgeon) which shows the phaco-section technique. In this case, using a … More
1558: How ECCE is different from MSICS
When I was a resident ophthalmologist, we learned to do manual ECCE cataract surgery before moving to phacoemulsification. This manual … More
1463: MISCS: optimizing the incision
I was speaking with a surgeon recently who stated that there was no need to learn MSICS because any nucleus … More
1235: convert to manual ECCE surgery
This case poses a big challenge: the posterior capsule ruptures and we realize this when there is suddenly a pronounced … More