Art of Phacoemulsification

Commencing phacoemulsification - the basics; the phacomachine; new phacomechanics offer more control; cavitating microbubbles create shock waves that emulsify cataract; local anesthesia; ocular anesthesia for small-incision cataract surgery; the limbal incision; no anesthesia cataract surgery; clear corneal cataract surgery; capsulorrhexis - a beginner's guide; capsulorrhexis - principles and advanced techniques; hydrodissection and hydrodelineation; phacoemulsification - the quadrantic cracking, chopping and stuffing techniques; current phacoemulsification techniques; phaco slice and separate; cataract extraction and lens implantation: the implosion technique; phacoemulsification in special situations; Zen in the art of phaco; my personal technique of vertical "hubbing" phacoemulsification; innovative nucleotomy techniques; phacoemulsification in white cataracts; phacoemulsification in difficult cases; irrigation and aspiration following phacoemulsification; foldable intraocular implants; History of lens implantation; implantation technique of acrylic foldable intraocular lens and its clinical results; the mini-loop plate and accommodating lenses; suprahard cataracts - their evaluation and management; stretch pupilloplasty for small pupil management in cataract surgery; management of glaucoma in cataract patients; phacoemulsification in the previously filtered eye; phacoemulsification in patients with significant astigmatism; cataracts in patients with uveitis; corneal endothelium and its protection in phacoemulsification; phacoemulsification in the presence of pseudoexfoliation: challenges and options; phacoemulsification in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; the prevention of complications and their management in phacoemulsification; management of posterior chamber IOL capture; IOL scleral fixation in aphakic eyes; phakonit and laser phakonit; pharmacology of intraocular solutions and drugs used in phacoemulsification; triple procedure with phacoemulsification before trephination; multiport phaco tip: a safer and more effective training device for phacoemulsification; intraocular lenses dislocated into the vitreous; favit - a new technique to managed dropped nuclei; laser phaco cataract surgery; endoscopy-assisted phacoemulsification; phacoemulsification - the eye camp way.