Outline For Course

Before Surgery

1. Healthy, Efficient Body and Hand Positions

2. Instrument Handling

3. Counseling Patients

4. Pre-Operative Examination

5. Intraocular Lenses

6. Anesthesia

7. Patient Positioning

8. Prepping and Draping

During Cataract Surgery

1: Incision:

2: Injection Lidocaine and Viscoelastic

3: Capsulorhexis

4: Hydrodissection and Hydrodilineation

5: Nuclear Dissassembly

6: Phacoemulsification

7: Cortical Cleanup

8: IOL Insertion

9: Wound Closure

Post Surgery

1. Routine Post-Operative Care

2. Post-Operative Complications

3. The Unhappy Patient Post-Operative

4. IOL Exchange

5. Secondary IOLs

6. The Aphakic Patient

7. Simultaneous Bilateral Cataract Surgery