Phacoemulsification

Phacoemulsification and MIGS rank among the most important innovations in ophthalmology over the past 40 years, according to an email poll of more than 100 readers conducted by Healio/Ocular Surgery News.

Horizontal chopping is my preferred phaco technique because it works well for any density of nucleus, independent of pupil size.

ORLANDO — In this surgical video presentation from Cataract Surgery: Telling It Like It Is, Jason J. Jones, MD, of Jones Eye Clinic in Sioux City, Iowa, shares a phaco case edited into a 4-minute video including all steps of the surgery.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Patients who underwent MIGS procedures with and without phacoemulsification experienced IOP reductions and low complication rates, according to data from the IRIS Registry.

ORLANDO — In a surgical video presentation from Cataract Surgery: Telling It Like It Is, Mitchell C. Shultz, MD, shares a technique for cataract surgery with the Bausch + Lomb Stellaris Elite platform, implanting the enVista preloaded IOL.

In modern-day phaco surgery, we break the lens nucleus into smaller pieces before using the phaco probe to ultrasonically emulsify the cataract.

In this video, Steven H. Dewey, MD, explains how to perform his phacoemulsification horizontal chop technique.

In this video, Steven H. Dewey, MD, explains a phacoemulsification flip modification for dense nuclei.

In this video, Steven H. Dewey, MD, discusses how to adapt a horizontal chop phacoemulsification technique to handle dense cataracts.

ORLANDO — In this Healio Video Perspective from Cataract Surgery: Telling It Like It Is, Ashraf Armia, MD, discusses various aspects of phacoemulsification, including wound preparation.