Microphakonit: cataract surgery with a 0.7 mm tip

March 1, 2006

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May 2005 saw the birth of the term Microphakonit, when Agarwal removed cataracts using a 0.7 mm phaco needle tip with a 0.7 mm irrigating chopper, through the smallest incision ever documented.

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