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‘Pop and chop’ yields shorter case times for residents than ‘divide and conquer’ technique
Residents who used a “pop and chop” technique during cataract surgery were more efficient and their patients had similar complication rates compared to when a “divide and conquer” technique was used, according to a study.In most residency training programs, the divide and conquer technique is taught as the initial method of nucleofractis. However, a pop and chop technique offered shorter case times and produced similar visual outcomes for patients when performed by residents, Fredric J. Gross, MD, told Ocular Surgery News.