Divide and conquer phacoemulsification. One-handed variant
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1Associates in Ophthalmology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222.
Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
|September 1, 1992
Abstract:
A one-handed variation of Gimbel's "divide and conquer" phacoemulsification technique is described. Instead of bimanual cracking, the lens sections are cut, rotated, cut, and removed in sequence.

