Supported by an unrestricted academic independent medical education grant from Alcon.

Fundamentals Episode 2

February 2019

Phaco Chop: Fluidics and the “Safe Zone”

Surgery Details

Surgery Desciption

In this issue we demonstrate staining of the anterior capsule in a patient with a sectoral anterior subcapsular cataract and moderately dense nucleus. Successful nucleus segmentation by horizontal phaco chop performed through a small capsulorhexis, nucleus segment attraction utilizing a relatively high aspiration flow rate, and globe rotation to facilitate subincisional cortex removal are also featured.

Learning Objective

After completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to: demonstrate the use of an aspiration flow rate that is sufficient to attract nuclear fragments and thereby permit the phaco tip to remain within the central “safe zone” of the chamber as the fragments move to the tip.

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Richard J Mackool, MD Financial Disclosure: Richard J. Mackool, MD and RJ Mackool, MD are consultants with Alcon.

Satisfactory completion: Learners must pass a post-test and complete an evaluation form to receive a certificate of completion. Your chosen sessions must be attended in their entirety. Partial credit of individual sessions is not available. If you are seeking continuing education credit for a specialty not listed below, it is your responsibility to contact your licensing/certification board to determine course eligibility for your licensing/certification requirement.

Accreditation Statement – In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and Review Education Group. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physicians (ACCME) Credit Designation – Amedco LLC designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of .25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Target Audience: Ophthalmologists with an interest in cataract surgery.

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Richard Mackool MD, a world renowned anterior segment ophthalmic microsurgeon, has assembled a video collection of both routine and challenging cases, demonstrating both familiar and potentially unfamiliar surgical techniques using a variety of instrumentation and surgical console parameters. This educational activity presents a series of these videos, carefully selected to address the specific learning objectives of this effort, with the goal of providing surgical training videos online to surgeons motivated to improve or expand their surgical knowledge.