DEC 20, 2019

White Cataract

Name: White Cataract
Uploaded: 2019-12-20T22:00:00-04:00
Duration: T11M30S
Description: In this presentation from the Cataract Spotlight at AAO 2019, Dr. Elizabeth Yeu presents her 5 pearls for white cataract.

By Elizabeth Yeu, MD

Cataract Spotlight/AAO 2019

Cataract/Anterior Segment

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In this presentation from the Cataract Spotlight at AAO 2019, Dr. Elizabeth Yeu presents her 5 pearls for white cataract:

Understand the etiology of white cataracts.
Decompress the nucleus before capsulorhexis.
Creating the anterior capsule opening might be the most difficult step
Nuclear densities of white cataracts differ from eye to eye.
Vigilantly protect the posterior capsule.

This video is part of the Cataract Spotlight at AAO 2019.