We have already explained the benefits of learning MSICS (manual small-incision cataract surgery) and I always encourage my USA colleagues … More
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1392: MSICS with a small pupil
You must be wondering why I have been posting so many MSICS (manual small incision cataract surgery) videos in the … More
1382: hyper mature cataract MSICS
In an eye with a truly dense, hyper-mature cataract, MSICS (manual small incision cataract surgery) can be a better option … More
1379: converting from phaco to MSICS
If the posterior capsule ruptures while you have most of the nucleus still inside the eye, the best decision may … More
1324: even smaller incision MSICS
In this video our guest surgeon bisects the nucleus in the anterior chamber before manually extracting each half, thus allowing … More
1323: USA surgeons must learn MSICS
Ophthalmology residency training programs have changed over the past two decades in the way that cataract surgery is taught. Twenty … More
1124: Pearls for learning MSICS
It may surprise you to know that many young ophthalmologists in the USA do not have experience performing MSICS. In … More
1079: you must learn SICS / ECCE
More than 20 years ago when I was a resident ophthalmologist at the UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute, we performed … More
1024: SICS for uveitic cataracts
This is a case of a cataract with extensive synechiae due to prior uveitis. The eye is quiescent now, with … More
You must learn to do MSICS
In many countries where dense, brunescent cataracts are common, the SICS (small incision cataract surgery) or MSICS (manual small incision … More