Phaco Training: Is it Possible to perform Clear-Corneal SICS?

By | June 1, 2018

Is it possible to perform clear corneal SICS?

It surely is possible though I would certainly not advice it.

One of the beauty of the SICS is that it is performed on the sclera which

endows it  with many advantages such as:

  1. lower rate of endophthalmitis and

2. lesser astigmatism for a similar length of tunnel performed on cornea.

But here it is a pleasure to watch the maestro of SICS, “the Houdini of SICS” as i call him, to perform a clear corneal SICS with implantation of a foldable IOL