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Tag: resident cataract surgery
1245: tips to improve phaco technique
Dear CataractCoach viewers and fans, I need your help for this video. This is an anonymous resident surgeon who has … More
1243: resident surgeon stop-and-chop
This resident has done about 60 cataract surgeries as the primary surgeon and in this video she performs a routine … More
1242: soft posterior sub-capsular cataract
When a resident or beginning surgeon is performing phaco on a soft posterior sub-capsular (PSC) cataract, there is one critical … More
1241: Resident ACIOL and Pupilloplasty
When you look at this post-op slit-lamp microscope photo, you may initially think that it looks less than ideal. But … More
1240: resident double rhexis technique
For a white cataract, particularly a pressurized and intumescent white cataract, the double capsulorhexis technique is very helpful to avoid … More
1212: resident posterior polar cataract
Studies have shown that 1 out of 3 posterior polar cataract surgeries result in a ruptured posterior capsule. Here’s the … More
1203: Resident’s 200th cataract surgery
In this video we are critiquing an anonymous resident surgeon’s 200th cataract case. I will be doing the voiceover the … More
1201: resident ruptured capsule case
This anonymous submitted video is from a resident who has edited down the video to the pertinent parts of the … More
1197: rescue this case of iris prolapse
This is a tough resident case and it all started to go downhill with a poorly constructed phaco incision. This … More
1181: time to up your residency game!
This is being posted on July 31, 2021 and that is one month into the academic year for ophthalmology residency … More
1156: skill level after 100 cataract cases
July marks the beginning of the academic year here in the USA when our new residents begin their training process … More
1139: playlist: resident complications
With July 1 just a few days away, a new class of senior residents will climb up the learning curve … More
1134: Equal Opportunity or Equal Outcome?
Imagine two different doctors: Dr A and Dr B, both of whom are doing their residency training in ophthalmology. Dr … More
1133: Capsule grabbed with phaco probe
Ideally, you want the tip of the phaco probe to stay in the central zone of the anterior segment and … More
1119: resident attempts a white cataract
This is case number 50 for a resident who is being supervised by a senior attending faculty member. It is … More
1111: Playlist: Surgical Learning
All great surgeons are students for life: continually learning and evolving surgical techniques to keep up with the latest techniques … More
1088: Recent residency graduate critique
This video was submitted by an ophthalmologist who recently graduated from residency training. He has about 350 phaco cases of … More
1066: senior resident stop-and-chop
This cataract surgery is being performed by a senior resident in the USA (PGY-4 level which means post-graduate year number … More
1033: USA resident’s first phaco chop
This video shows a resident surgeon’s first phaco chop. The key is that the resident is putting the effort to … More