Cataract surgery has undergone remarkable refinement over the past decades, yet some of the most elegant maneuvers remain ...

The capsulorrhexis is a critical step of cataract surgery because it provides access to the lens material and then securely holds the IOL. The advantage of a tearing a continuous curvilinear ...

Purpose Staining of anterior lens capsules with dye to facilitate completion of continuous curvilinear capsulorrhexis is now being used more frequently in phacoemulsification of white and mature ...

Int Ophthalmol Clin. 2014;54(4):85-96. With increased risk of vitreous loss, the surgeon can be prepared with an anterior vitrector available on site. In a large center, the availability of a surgical ...

Femtosecond cataract lasers create perfectly round anterior capsulotomies at the diameter and position of the ophthalmic surgeon's choosing. However, scanning electron microscopy shows that the edge ...