Phaco Chop and Advanced Phaco Techniques

David F. Chang, MD is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. He completed his ophthalmology residency at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) where he is now a clinical professor. Having chaired the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) Cataract Clinical Committee, Dr. Chang joined the ASCRS Executive Committee in 2009, serving as president in 2012-2013. He is also chairman of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Cataract Preferred Practice Pattern Panel, immediate past chair of the AAO Practicing Ophthalmologist Curriculum Panel for Cataract/Anterior Segment, and in 2009 completed his 5-year term as chair of the AAO Annual Meeting program committee. Dr. Chang is a board member of the ASCRS Foundation and serves on the medical advisory board of 2 global humanitarian organisations (Himalayan Cataract Project and Project Vision). He is also an adjunct clinical professor of ophthalmology at the Chinese University in Hong Kong and honorary professor for the Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center of Sun Yat-Sen University in China.

Dedication Acknowledgments About the Author Contributing Authors Foreword by Robert H. Osher, MD Introduction Section I Phaco Chop Technique Chapter 1 Why Learn Chopping? David F. Chang, MD Chapter 2 Horizontal Chopping: Principles and Pearls Randall J. Olson, MD Chapter 3 Vertical Chopping: Principles and Pearls Louis D. Skip Nichamin, MD Chapter 4 Comparing and Integrating Horizontal and Vertical Chopping David F. Chang, MD Chapter 5 Transitioning to Phaco Chop: Pearls and Pitfalls David F. Chang, MD Chapter 6 Phaco Prechop Takayuki Akahoshi, MD Chapter 7 Biaxial Microincision Chopping Mark Packer, MD, FACS, CPI Section II Phacodynamics of Chopping Chapter 8 Understanding the Phacodynamics of Chopping Barry S. Seibel, MD Chapter 9 Optimizing Machine Settings for Chopping Techniques David F. Chang, MD Chapter 10 Optimizing the Alcon Infiniti for Chopping David F. Chang, MD and Barry S. Seibel, MD Sidebar: Ultra Chopper Theory and Technique Alan S. Crandall, MD Chapter 11 Optimizing the AMO Signature for Chopping David F. Chang, MD Chapter 12 Optimizing the Bausch Lomb Stellaris for Chopping Louis D. Skip Nichamin, MD Section III Femtosecond Laser Nuclear Prechopping Chapter 13 Femtosecond Laser Nuclear Fragmentation (LenSx Platform) Robert J. Cionni, MD Chapter 14 Femtosecond Laser Nuclear Fragmentation (LensAR platform) Louis D. Skip Nichamin, MD Chapter 15 Femtosecond Laser Nuclear Fragmentation (Catalys Platform) Barry S. Seibel, MD Section IV Complicated Cases and Complications: Strategies and Management Chapter 16 Capsulorrhexis: Sizing Objectives and Pearls David F. Chang, MD Chapter 17 Conquering Capsulorrhexis Complications David F. Chang, MD Chapter 18 Pearls for Hydrodissection and Hydrodelineation David F. Chang, MD Chapter 19 Strategies for the Rock Hard Nucleus David F. Chang, MD Chapter 20 Advanced Phaco Techniques for Brunescent Nuclei: Cross-Action Chop Circumferential Disassembly Lisa B. Arbisser, MD Chapter 21 Strategies for Small Pupils David F. Chang, MD Chapter 22 Intraoperative Floppy Iris Syndrome David F. Chang, MD Chapter 23 Strategies for Weak Zonules David F. Chang, MD Chapter 24 Intraocular Lens Implantation With Abnormal Zonules David F. Chang, MD Chapter 25 Phaco in Highly Myopic Eyes David F. Chang, MD Chapter 26 Phaco Within the Crowded Anterior Segment David F. Chang, MD Chapter 27 Strategies for Managing Posterior Capsule Rupture David F. Chang, MD Chapter 28 Intraocular Lens Implantation Following Posterior Capsule Rupture David F. Chang, MD Chapter 29 Strategies for Unplanned Anterior Vitrectomy Lisa B. Arbisser, MD Chapter 30 Posterior Capsule Rupture and Vitreous Loss: Advanced Approaches Louis D. Skip Nichamin, MD Financial Disclosures Index