1916: The 8-Chop Technique – Pre-Chop

Some surgeons love the pre-chopper because it allows for efficient splitting of a nucleus, usually into quadrants. This surgeon takes … More

1880: pre-chopper makes surgery easier

The pre-chopper was popularized by Prof Akahoshi from Japan and it was designed to mechanically chop the nucleus into quadrants … More

DIY means Do It Yourself and it is something that appeals to so many people, including me. In this video … More

There are many ways to disassemble the nucleus into smaller fragments and the pre-chopper technique works well. This is a … More

The pre-chopper is an instrument with two blades which are shaped like paddles and they are embedded into the nucleus … More

Our guest surgeon, Dr Érico Jun Oda from Brazil, does a great job with this surgery. Using just two hooks … More

The pre-chopper is an instrument that can be used to split a cataract prior to inserting the phaco probe. It … More

The Ultra-chopper was designed by Dr Luis Escaf in order to penetrate a very dense nucleus to chop a cataract. … More

Pre-chopping means that we are splitting the nucleus into half or quadrants prior to inserting the phaco probe into the … More

The pre-chop technique refers to mechanically breaking the nucleus into smaller pieces prior to inserting the phaco probe into the … More