Ophthalmic Technician

Category - Surgical Assisting

Which one of the following is NOT a technique for nucleus removal in phacoemulsification?
  1. Chip and flip technique
  2. Divide and conquer technique
  3. Stop and chop technique
  4. Direct chop technique
  5. Cut and paste technique
Explanation
Answer: E - Cut and paste technique is not used for phacoemulsification.

A scrub technician must be familiar with the names of the different techniques used in Phacoemulsification, as the machine settings are different in each and the operating surgeon often needs help from the scrub technician for changing parameters during surgery. Chip and flip, divide and conquer, stop and chop and direct chop are all techniques used for phacoemulsification.
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