Modified manual small incision cataract surgery technique for phacoemulsification-trained surgeons.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To present the technique and outcomes of a modified manual small incision cataract surgery designed for the phacoemulsification surgeons who are learning to perform manual small incision cataract surgery.

Methods

This was a retrospective, single-centred, comparative study. We included all the patients who underwent the modified manual small incision cataract surgery for visually significant cataract at Singapore National Eye Centre. All surgeries were performed by either a senior phaco-trained surgeon (M.A.) who had performed more than 500 manual small incision cataract surgery or a junior phaco-trained surgeon (D.C.) who had performed around 500 phacoemulsification but never performed any manual small incision cataract surgery. The main modification of this techniqu

SUBMITTER: Ting DSJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7727050 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature