Posterior Polar Cataract
16 Posterior Polar Cataract Abhay R. Vasavada and Vaishali Vasavada Posterior polar cataracts (PPCs) are a challenge for every cataract surgeon due to their propensity for posterior capsule dehiscence and weakness….
Ultrasound-Induced Thermal Incision Contracture
36 Ultrasound-Induced Thermal Incision Contracture Randall J. Olson An incision burn is a complication that is infrequent but can be devastating. I have seen video examples of severe wound burns that…
Intraocular Lens Fixation in the Absence of Support: The Glued Intraocular Lens
29 Intraocular Lens Fixation in the Absence of Support: The Glued Intraocular Lens Amar Agarwal Posterior capsular rent (PCR)1,2 can occur in the early learning curve in phacoemulsification. Intraoperative dialysis or…
Anterior and Posterior Capsulorhexis
6 Anterior and Posterior Capsulorhexis Howard V. Gimbel and Anika Amritanand The development of continuous-tear curvilinear capsulorhexis (CCC) by Gimbel and Neuhann in the 1990s was essential for the development of…
Combined Phacoemulsification and Glaucoma Procedures
47 Combined Phacoemulsification and Glaucoma Procedures Jeff S. Maltzman and Brock K. Bakewell Cataract surgeons face many challenges when performing combined glaucoma procedures, as well as many options, including standard trabeculectomy,…
Corneal Problems Associated with Phacoemulsification
34 Corneal Problems Associated with Phacoemulsification Mark D. Mifflin and Jason M. Feurman Successful cataract surgery depends on a good understanding of the cornea. Optical clarity, refractive predictability, and the long-term…
Diffractive Multifocal Intraocular Lenses
46 Diffractive Multifocal Intraocular Lenses Quentin B. Allen The ultimate goal of visual rehabilitation in cataract surgery has always been to restore the best level of visual acuity, across a natural…
Malyugin Ring
5 Malyugin Ring Boris Malyugin Despite the different treatments available to expand the iris during cataract extraction, performing surgery on an eye with a small pupil remains technically challenging. Complications that…
Understanding and Managing the Dysphotopsias
41 Understanding and Managing the Dysphotopsias Samuel Masket and Nicole R. Fram The dysphotopsias, both positive dysphotopsia (PD) and negative dysphotopsia (ND), represent subjective undesired optical phenomena that are associated with…
Torn Posterior Capsule and Anterior Vitrectomy
19 Torn Posterior Capsule and Anterior Vitrectomy Mark H. Blecher and Charles M. Calvo Rupture of the posterior capsule during phacoemulsification is a rare but serious intraoperative complication and carries the…
