Table 2.
Stage 1 | Topical anesthesia (0.5% propacaine) application, side port incision, air/dye injection, viscoelastic injection, preincision and clear corneal tunnel incision, and capsulorhexis |
Stage 2 | Hydrodissection, phacoemulsification by divide-and-conquer method, and corneal rinsing by coaxial irrigation/aspiration |
Stage 3 | Filling with viscoelastic, one-piece hydrophilic acrylic IOL in-the-bag implantation through insertion tube, viscoelastic removal by irrigation/aspiration, and stromal hydration |