Advanced & Challenging Situations

This module will discuss managing cataracts in challenging situations. The attendee will learn tips to manage cataracts in challenging scenarios like small pupils, rock-hard cataracts, white cataracts, cataracts with zonular weakness, including trauma, and many more. Biometry in usual and unusual conditions like keratoconus and post-laser vision correction will be covered. In addition, the course will discuss the applications of femtosecond lasers in cataract surgery and new devices to perform rhexis and mechanical disassembly of the nucleus for safer phacoemulsification in particular situations.