all supplies needed for each
case and stores them in a see-
through tub, each of which is
numbered to correspond with
a specific cataract case.
"Everything is in that tub and
we just pull the tub out and
everything is ready to be set up
for the case," says Kerry
McKillop, the practice and sur-
gery center administrator.
5. Quick Chop technique
For the past 15 years, Harry
Lebowitz, MD, has been a pro-
ponent of the Quick Chop sur-
gical technique for cataracts.
The procedure, says the sur-
geon from Delaware Ophthalmology Consultants, lets him perform
the exact same nucleus disassembly for almost all cataracts. Unlike
other techniques that require creating grooves, Quick Chop impales
the cataract with the phaco tip while the horizontal chopper bisects
the cataract. One hemisphere is then impaled and bisected into quar-
ters. Based on a cataract's density, the quarters can be bisected again
or emulsified and aspirated. Quick Chop surgery takes 10 to 15 min-
utes, says Dr. Lebowitz. "It allows a larger majority of cataracts to
require the same number of steps for removal as opposed to many of
the other techniques," he says.
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• GRAB AND GO Each sterile tub is numbered to correspond with a
specific cataract case and contains everything needed for that surgery.
Kerry
McKillop,
Kirk
Eye
Center
