title: Small incision cataract extraction and implantation surgery using a manual phacofragmentation technique.
abstract: The advantages of small incision cataract surgery may be obtained without relying on expensive and complicated instrumentation. A new technique which manually splits the nucleus and removes the fragments is described.
authors.affiliation: Capital District Eye Surgery Associates, Albany, New York 12208.
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Kansas
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sax
mesh_terms: D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000379:methods*; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D006820:Hyaluronic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000601:surgery*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D013536:Suture Techniques
chemical_list: D006820:Hyaluronic Acid