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Phacoemulsification with IOL
Why are we operating?
The most performed operation on earth: the clouded lens is emulsified through a two-millimetre tunnel and a folded acrylic lens unrolls into its place.
Indication: Visually significant cataract; the threshold is the patient's life, not a Snellen line.
The operation in 4 steps
01Incisions and capsulorhexis
02Emulsifying the nucleus
03Cortex removal and lens implantation
04Sealing and after
Watch it done
Phacoemulsification: creating the incision and performing a capsulorhexis
Simulated surgery from the Orbis teaching platform, step one.
Source: Cybersight (Orbis) · Watch on YouTubePhacoemulsification: hydrodissection and sculpting of the nucleus
Step two: freeing the nucleus and grooving it.
Source: Cybersight (Orbis) · Watch on YouTubePhacoemulsification: segment removal
Step three: cracking and removing the quadrants.
Source: Cybersight (Orbis) · Watch on YouTube
Conceptual teaching for learners preparing to observe and assist under supervision, not operative instructions. Five minutes from now you should know why this operation exists, what its shape is, and which structures it is designed not to injure.