This video demonstrates ahmed valve implant and phacoemulsification in a female patient with angle closure glaucoma, short axial length, big lens diameter an pseudoexfoliation. Dr. Alward implanted the Ahmed plate first, finished the phacoemulsification part of the procedure and then completed the tube implant. Surgeon: Dr. Wallace Alward, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Transcript DR … Read more
This video demonstrates a routine phacoemulsification surgery in a 50-year-old man with soft cataract with a 1 piece foldable lens implantation. Surgeon: Dr. Michael Vrabec, University of Wisconsin, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA Transcript DR VRABEC: This patient is 50 plus years old and we’re going to be doing cataract surgery on him, small incision phacoemulsification with … Read more
This is a 12-year-old boy with a history of developmental delay and bilateral posterior polar cataracts. A lensectomy was done with a vitrector and an IOL was implanted in the bag. A Pars plana posterior capsulotomy and an anterior vitrectomy were performed because the patient may not cooperate for YAG capsulotomy at a later stage. … Read more
This video demonstrates cataract surgery in a 15-month-old baby with nuclear cataract. A vitrector is used to perform anterior capsulotomy, lens aspiration, primary posterior capsulotomy and anterior vitrectomy using a pars plana approach following placement of an IOL in the bag. Surgeon: Dr. Daniel Neely, Indiana University Transcript (To translate please select your language to … Read more
This video demonstrates a cataract surgery in a 5-year-old girl with congenital cataract. A vitrector is used for anterior capsulotomy and lens aspiration followed by IOL placement in the capsular bag. Her younger sibling was operated for a similar kind of cataract with the addition of a primary posterior capsulotomy and you can watch that … Read more
This video demonstrates a cataract surgery in a healthy child who presented with unilateral membranous congenital cataract. There may have been an unseen trauma in this child which could have caused cataract. A 3-piece IOL was inserted in the sulcus due to a big calcification plaque in the posterior capsule that needed pars plana vitrectomy … Read more
Cataract surgery is performed on a 4-year-old boy with congenital cataract. A vitrector is used to perform anterior capsulotomy and lens aspiration, an IOL was implanted in the bag and a primary posterior capsulotomy was then performed through a pars plana approach. This is a standard technique and similar to the one used for the … Read more
This is a cataract surgery in a 2-year-old boy with unilateral congenital cataract. A small plaque was noticed on the posterior capsule and we suspected that it may be a case of PHPV. After a decent sized capsulotomy, an SA IOL was implanted and dialed in without putting too much stress on the capsule. The … Read more
Objectives of this presentation are: To look at the indications for each type of aphakia correction Understand the surgical techniques Understand the pros and cons of each Lecturer: Dr. Emma Hollick, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom Transcript (To translate please select your language to the right of this page) DR HOLLICK: … Read more