Drill-and-crack technique for nuclear disassembly of hard nucleus.
We describe a new technique for nuclear disassembly of a hard nucleus in cataract surgery. The drill-and-crack technique, which combines phaco chop and the prechopper, makes a deep hole (drill) in the central nucleus with the phaco tip and divides the nucleus (crack) with the prechopper inside the hole.
Hwang
Ho Sik
HS
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Kim
Eun Chul
EC
Kim
Man Soo
MS
D006801:Humans; D007907:Lens Nucleus, Crystalline / Q000601:surgery*; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000379:methods*