Chopping techniques were initially developed to expend the least amount of phacoemulsification power inside the eye to remove a lens and to improve efficiency. Soft nuclei are not generally conducive to traditional chopping techniques and have required alternate, energy-consuming techniques, such as sculpting, to be removed. We describe a modified chopping technique that can be used to mechanically cleave soft nuclei into distinct fragments before phaco power is required, reducing total power and energy expended in the eye.
From the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Reprint requests to Rosa Braga-Mele, MEd, MD, FRCS(C), Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Director of Cataract Unit and Surgical Teaching, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto 245 Danforth Avenue, Suite 200, Toronto, Ontario M4K 1N2, Canada.
Neither author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
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