2522: How should you remove this plaque?

This patient had a prior pars plana vitrectomy for posterior segment disease and now presents to you with a cataract … More

2499: this opacity is stuck to the capsule

I was performing a cataract surgery case recently and the patient had a central opacity stuck to the posterior capsule. … More

We have all had cataract cases where some posterior capsule lens material remains adherent. We can try to aspirate it … More

Posterior Sub-Capsular (PSC) cataracts are often very soft with very little nuclear density. This makes dividing the nucleus in the … More

Looks carefully at the picture here and tell me, is that a posterior subscapsular cataract (PSC) or a posterior polar … More

For this resident case there is an extensive posterior sub-capsular cataract which is causing poor vision, decreased acuity, and tremendous … More

Time for you to make the call: you bring the surgical microscope to the eye and just before you start … More

We have shown previous cases of posterior capsulorhexis here and here and in both this was performed prior to IOL … More

When a resident or beginning surgeon is performing phaco on a soft posterior sub-capsular (PSC) cataract, there is one critical … More

There are some cases where it is preferable to make a primary posterior capsulorhexis at the time of cataract surgery … More

When we perform cataract surgery for any patient, we must be cognizant that the patient will see the world through … More