Film 89213: Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery As Routine for Dense Cataracts in the Western World | ASCRS
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Film 89213: Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery As Routine for Dense Cataracts in the Western World
May 2023
Meeting: 2023 ASCRS Annual Meeting
Presenting Author: Bharpoor Singh, FRCOphth, MBBS, BSc
Additional Producers: Syed Ahmed, BSc, MBBS; Rajesh Deshmukh, FRCS, MBBS; Rohan Hussain, FRCOphth, MBBS, BSc
Category: Cataract/Implant Surgery
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Manual Small-Incision Cataract Surgery (MSICS) is used routinely in developing countries where a higher proportion of dense cataracts are extracted. Through this COVID-era many patients in the Western World are presenting with denser cataracts. We propose that MSICS can be used safely and effectively in this group of patients whereby phacoemulsification could lead to further complications.

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