Phacoemulsification in hard cataracts: the "chop, trip and free" technique

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

José Marcos S. Gonçalves¹ 

[1] ,Hospital de Clínica e Cirurgia OcularUberlândia

关键词: Phacoemulsification;    Cataract;    Lens nucleus;    Crystalline;    Capsulorhexis;    Facoemulsificação;    Catarata;    Núcleo do cristalino;    Capsulorrexe;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-27492004000400008

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Very hard cataracts continue to be a challenge to phacoemulsification due to the difficulty in breaking the nucleus and also in separating the broken nucleus from the adjacent epinucleus. The present technique is the presentation of a surgical maneuver which uses the Nagahara chopper and the phaco tip to divide the nucleus (including the epinucleus) as a whole and then emulsify it using little time and not very much phaco power.

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