Video
Film 108524 Piloting the Probe: Tribulations of Phacoemulsification in a Beginner
April 2025
Meeting: 2025 ASCRS Annual Meeting
Producers: Madhuvanthi Mohan, MS; Sujatha Mohan, FRCS, FACS; Mohan Rajan, FRCS, FACS
Category: Quality Teaching
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Phacoemulsification is one of the first procedures a trainee undergoes in their residency. The difficulties include microscope focusing, instrument manipulation,maintaining anterior chamber stability,capsulorrhexis,setting phaco parameters with hand-eye-foot coordination. This video narrates the various steps of phacoemulsification with their complications and what could be done to manage them.