Cataract surgery in developing countries can be a challenge. Phacoemulsification with disposable single-use cassettes may still have prohibitive costs, and extracapsular cataract extraction, with its large limbal incision and high induced astigmatism, is unacceptable for today’s standards.
A modified manual small-incision cataract surgery (SICS) technique, which combines steps typically applied during microincision phaco surgery and SICS, has proven to be a valid alternative.
“We routinely use this technique during our missions at the Comboni Hospital in Sogakope, Volta Region,
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