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2014 ASCRS•ASOA Boston Daily News Tuesday

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ASCRS•ASOA SYMPOSIUM & CONGRESS, BOSTON 2014 Dr. Jacob describes a technique she developed over the last few months at the "Complicated and Challenging Cases in Cataract Surgery Video Symposium." the sclera, at—significantly, he pointed out—a single point. He then proceeded to perform capsulorhexis, which was made difficult by the subluxation and sub- sequently complicated by vitreous escaping into the anterior chamber. After clearing away some of the vitreous, he inserted the phaco probe, which caught the iris. He freed the iris and decided to bring the nucleus out of the bag. The iris caught once more, at which point, said, Dr. Agarwal, "I should not pull out." "I pulled out," he said. The iris prolapsed, though the iris suture remained in place. He then had to go after the nucleus, which had dropped. He performed a complete vitrectomy, excised the iris creating iatrogenic aniridia—"Is there any hole deep enough where I can go bury myself?" he said he asked himself at that point—lifted the nucleus and removed it en bloc. Finally, he implanted a single- piece, non-foldable aniridia IOL using the handshake technique, securing the haptics in Scharioth tunnels in the sclera and gluing everything down. This series of unfortunate events—tackled with Viking resolve and managed with an impressively level head—received the most votes from the audience and so won the Golden Apple Award. EW Editors' note: The doctors have no related financial interests.

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