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The six most common resident cataract surgery mistakes
Learning cataract surgery during ophthalmology residency is critically important for many reasons. It is the most widely performed ophthalmic surgery, it teaches intraocular surgical techniques, it helps to develop surgical judgment, and it can restore an amazing level of vision to our patients. There are quite a few pitfalls in learning cataract surgery, and after teaching more than 100 resident ophthalmologists over the past 16 years, I have found that the same types of mistakes tend to be made early in the learning curve.Remember that it is not “just a (Read more...)