Course Description
A stepwise game plan for learning phaco chop will be presented, emphasizing both pearls and common errors. Phacodynamic principles for selecting machine parameters and instrumentation for chopping will be reviewed. Attendees will don stereo glasses to view 3-D high-definition videos that uniquely illustrate the instrument positioning for both horizontal and vertical chopping. Strategies for brunescent nuclei and complicated cases will be covered.
 
Educational Objective
Attendees will learn both variations of the phaco chop technique, their advantages in complicated cases, the instrumentation, machine parameters, and transition steps involved, and common mistakes.