This comprehensive course will give you the fundamental knowledge needed to begin performing cataract surgery by phacoemulsification and extracapsular removal. Each step from preoperative evaluation to postoperative care will be covered to help prepare you for the operating room.

Introduction to Cataract Surgery

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What you'll learn
Understand the fundamentals of how to perform each step of cataract surgery successfully.
Understand how to manage cataract surgery challenges.
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Reviewed on May 17, 2020
useful topics and all practical problems well covered in course syllabus. Helpful for beginners.
Reviewed on Dec 25, 2016
Excellent introductory course for those beginning to learn and perform cataract surgery!
Reviewed on Nov 26, 2020
Lacking on detail on some lectures, but overall I felt it covered the topics pretty well.

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