title: Synthetic cataract teaching system for phacoemulsification.
abstract: This paper describes a surgical training system for teaching and practicing the necessary skills to perform phacoemulsification, endocapsular phacoemulsification, and small incision intraocular lens insertion techniques. The surgical system includes head, bilateral globes, removable corneas, and replaceable synthetic cataracts of varying density. This synthetic system simulates ocular surgery more closely than previously used animal eyes and allows the surgeon to practice new techniques in laboratory courses and in the operating facility.
authors.affiliation: Eye Surgery Associates, Vista, California 92083.
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Maloney
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Parkinson
mesh_terms: D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D014464:Ultrasonic Therapy / Q000193:education*