Phacoemulsification in hard cataracts: the "chop, trip and free" technique Facoemulsificação em cataratas duras: "Faco rasteira"
Very hard cataracts continue to be a challenge to phacoemulsification due to the difficulty in breaking the nucleus and also in separating the broken nucleus from the adjacent epinucleus. The present technique is the presentation of a surgical maneuver which uses the Nagahara chopper and the phaco t...
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Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia
2004-08-01
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| Series: | Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-27492004000400008 |