ABSTRACT
Microphaco is a concept I define as completing cataract surgery through two stab incisions of 1.5 mm or less in size. True, microphaco in my mind however, is two stab incisions of no more than 1.0 mm. Microphaco can have as its energy source ultrasound, laser or sonic energy. While certainly not a new subject, removing soft lenses such as in pediatric cases through two stab incisions has a very long track record; it is just recently that there has been interest and enthusiasm in this approach. With the predominant power source for cataract removal being ultrasound, the concern about wound burn has been substantial and that has been one of the major sources for emphasis on laser or sonic energy to try to remove a cataract by microphaco.
