Brunescent Circumferential Disassembly

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Lisa B. Arbisser, MD, demonstrates a circumferential disassembly technique for a brunescent cataract.

Posted: 11/02/2016

Keywords:

Cataract

Cataract Surgery

Chop

Brunescent Circumferential Disassembly

Lisa B. Arbisser, MD, demonstrates a circumferential disassembly technique for a brunescent cataract.

Posted: 11/02/2016

Keywords:

Cataract

Cataract Surgery

Chop

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marcos gomez

7 years ago

Thank you Lisa for sharing this excellent video, it´s an example of a group of revolutionary techniques that avoid the dogma of "don´t proceed until you break the posterior plate". I´m aware of three techniques that share this principle but are somewhat different, in Decrease and Conquer an emphasis is taken on circumferential dissasembly, your technique perfectly illustrates endonuclear debulking until a peripheral thin shell is obtained. In Microchop we introduce third step, tangential chop, to isolate the posterior plate. I appreciate a similarity in basic principles like, slow, patience, multiple chopping elements, reduce intensity and force movements but with a distinc emphasis in different steps. Thank you for sharing!

Marc Shomer

9 years ago

Love the micro chop technique. Dr. Gomez also has an excellent video on a very similar technique on eytube.net from 2009. http://eyetube.net/video/stume/ This technique has gotten my out of potentially complicated cases with a great outcome. Thank you Lisa for sharing these great cases.

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