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Ophthalmic Surgery
Surgery of the eye: cataract, retina, glaucoma and the open globe. The two operations every student should know are here; Mediverse also has a whole platform for the eye, so this specialty hands you across rather than duplicating it.
Backdrop: A surgeon performing cataract surgery · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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Media
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Videos
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Phacoemulsification: creating the incision and performing a capsulorhexis
Simulated surgery from the Orbis teaching platform, step one.
Source: Cybersight (Orbis) · Watch on YouTubeWatch for
- The clear corneal incision
- A continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis
- What a radial tear costs
Phacoemulsification: 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 YouTubeOpen globe repair from a retina surgeon
A Mayo lecture on ocular trauma and the primary repair.
Source: Mayo Clinic · Watch on YouTubeWatch for
- Protecting the eye before theatre: shield, no pressure
- Closing the wound before anything else
- Endophthalmitis prophylaxis
Hub shaped by the Surgical Specialties Lead with the Ophthalmic surgery reviewer (open seat). Images and videos carry their source; educational use for supervised learning, not clinical guidance.