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VIDEO: Venturi vacuum not cause of capsular breakage during phacoemulsification

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WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — At Hawaiian Eye, Randall J. Olson, MD, resolves the idea that the Venturi vacuum causes the capsular bag to break during phacoemulsification. Instead, he believes the use of ultrasound causes capsular breakage.