Thirty years ago, I eliminated injection anesthesia from routine cataract extraction. I combined this with clear corneal incisions and topical anesthesia to create what I termed “Fichman Quick Sight.”
Ocular Surgery News published my techniques, and I am thrilled to revisit those innovations.
When I began my ophthalmology residency, extracapsular cataract extraction was a relatively new procedure. IOLs were not universally accepted, and patients often stayed as an inpatient during the perioperative period. Refractive outcomes after surgery were not stressed, and retrobulbar