This is a real-time unedited cataract surgery video. I explain the steps of cataract surgery in a patient friendly manner.

Imagine a cataract having the same properties as a Peanut M&M candy. A peanut M&M has a peanut, chocolate and candy shell. A natural human lens has a nucleus, cortex, and capsule. In a cataract, the cloudy nucleus=peanut, the cortex=chocolate and the lens capsule = M&M candy shell.

The steps of cataract surgery include: the construction of initial incisions, the creation of an opening within the anterior capsule, and the separation of the cataract within its shell (capsular bag). The cataract is then removed using ultrasound energy (phacoemulsification), and a foldable Alcon advanced wavefront lens is inserted and centered in the original lens shell (capsular bag).

Some useful measurements: The diameter of the cornea is 11-12 millimeters (mm). The main cornea incision is 2.75 mm, the side port incision less than 1 mm, and the thickness of the lens shell's posterior capsule 0.005 mm (5 microns). The new folded acrylic lens has a 6 mm diameter, 13 mm length, and is inserted through the 2.75 mm main incision.

This video is designed for cataract surgery patients of Ravi D Goel, MD. Dr. Goel is a cataract and refractive surgeon at Regional Eye Associates in Cherry Hill, NJ. He is also an Instructor on the Cataract & Primary Eye Care Service at the Wills Eye Institute in Philadelphia, PA.

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