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Aligned chopping for full thickness fragmentation in hard cataracts

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Author Details : Jonathan Hall, Dharmendra Nath*

Volume : 7, Issue : 1, Year : 2021

Article Page : 5-8

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijceo.2021.003

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Abstract

We describe a horizontal chopping technique to fracture the nucleus using an angled sharp edged chopper, thats enters the anterior chamber through a side port in a 30? angle to the main incision. Following the capsulorrhexis, the phaco tip is buried into the nucleus centrally, while the surgeon-bent chopper is placed behind the lens on the opposite side of the main incision. When moving the chopper towards the phaco tip, the angle allows a sharp clean cut of the hard nucleus, dividing it in 2 hemispheres and consequently further in smaller fragments.

Keywords: Aligned chopping, Aligned chopper, Hard cataracts, Horizontal chop, Phaco chop, Protective chopping

How to cite : Hall J , Nath D , Aligned chopping for full thickness fragmentation in hard cataracts. Indian J Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2021;7(1):5-8

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