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    Top 5 Pearls for Rock-Hard Lenses

    Cataract Spotlight/AAO 2023
    Cataract/Anterior Segment, Complications, Mature Cataract

    In this presentation, Dr. Ahmed Assaf discusses his top 5 surgical pearls for patients with rock-hard lenses:

    • dispersive ophthalmic viscosurgical device: soft-shell technique
    • capsulorrhexis: ≤5 mm (optic capture, if necessary)
    • mechanical disassembly: vertical chopper, miLOOP (Zeiss)
    • machine settings: active fluidics, power modulation
    • be prepared: hooks, vitrectomy, 3-piece intraocular lens
    This video is part of Cataract Spotlight 2023.