Cataract surgery process. | OPTOMETRISTS

Here is an interesting case with a dense white cataract. The surgery was done by our amazing University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Scienceschief resident Caroline Wilson. Dr Wilson used the phaco needle on low vacuum settings to start her rhexis. This phaco rhexis technique is nice as you can simultaneously decompress the lens and start the tear to reduce the risk of an Argentinian flag capsule tear. We also tried and then aborted a miLoop device for nucleofractis due to zonu