ABSTRACT
A resident in ophthalmology today, seeing his first cataract performed by a surgeon who uses Kelman phacoemulsification, might wonder how it could be performed any other way. Seated comfortably at the operating microscope, the surgeon makes a tiny incision, neatly peels open the anterior capsule, emulsifies and aspirates the lens within the remaining capsule, and then, through the same incision inserts a foldable lens. On the first postoperative day, in most cases, it is difficult to tell with the naked eye, which eye has been operated.
