title: Phaco forward-chop technique for managing posterior nuclear plate of hard cataract.
abstract: Surgical management of hard cataracts can be problematic despite improvements in phacoemulsification devices. Phaco chop, considered one of the best techniques for dealing with hard cataracts, cannot always divide the hard cataract completely. We have devised a phaco forward-chop technique that can be implemented safely and efficiently following incomplete phaco chop in a hard cataract.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Neither author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. koju.oph@tmd.ac.jp
authors.forename: Koju
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kamoi
authors.forename: Manabu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mochizuki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002386:Cataract / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D007907:Lens Nucleus, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000379:methods*; D019591:Pseudophakia / Q000503:physiopathology; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology