Manual Small-Incision Cataract Surgery

This patient presented with a decade-long history of poor vision out of one eye. While there was no recollection of trauma, the preoperative consultation revealed clues that suggested a prior blunt force injury.

The year’s third issue of the Video Journal of Cataract, Refractive, and Glaucoma Surgery, which provides high-quality video-based education for anterior segment surgeons, is now online.

NEW YORK — In this Healio Video Perspective from OSN New York, Ashvin Agarwal, MS, discusses why surgeons should use manual small-incision cataract surgery when operating on patients with cataracts.

The advent of Kelman phacoemulsification transformed cataract surgery by decreasing the incision size, increasing safety and improving efficiency.

There are five compelling lessons to be learned from the ophthalmologists at Aravind Eye Care System in southern India, which David Chang, MD, called “the greatest team of cataract surgeons in the world.”