Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 274-279, February 2005

Simultaneous surgeon and side-view video analysis comparing in situ fracture and stop-and-chop phacoemulsification

From the Wolfe Eye Clinic, (Davison, Swartz, Wears, Simmons, Barker), Marshalltown and West Des Moines, and Associate Producers (Brother), Des Moines, Iowa; Cincinnati Eye Institute (Cionni), Cincinnati, Ohio; and Captured Light Studio (Snowdon), Westmoreland, New Hampshire, USA

Accepted 20 July 2004.

A simultaneous surgeon and side-view camera video analysis demonstrated that in situ fracture requires more ultrasonic power behind the iris than the stop-and-chop technique, which requires a longer period of manipulation of larger fragments in the anterior chamber.

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 Presented at the ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, San Francisco, California, USA, April 2003.Dr. Cionni is a consultant to Alcon. None of the other authors has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(04)00954-X

doi:10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.09.026

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 274-279, February 2005

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