Overview
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare between two methods used in training residents on phacoemulsification. The residents were classified into two groups; the first group were trained on surgical steps in a chronological order, while the second groups in non-chronological order. The outcomes included surgical competency, success rate and incidence of complications.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients aged 45 years or more with age-related cataract, and prepared for phacoemulsification.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Dense nuclear cataract grade IV or dense.
- Intumescent cataract
- Complicated and traumatic cataract
- Zonular dehiscence
- Poor pupillary dilatation
- Coexisting ocular disorder (glaucoma, PEX, uveitis,central corneal opacity….)
- Endothelial cell count 2000 or less
- Axial length 21 mm or less, 26 mm or more.
- Previous intraocular surgery
- Poor vision in the fellow eye due to irreversible condition (6/60 or less)
- Previous complicated cataract surgery in fellow eye.