Kayikcioglu, OEgrilmez, SEmre, SErakgun, T2019-10-272019-10-2720040886-33501873-4502https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrs.2003.08.018https://hdl.handle.net/11454/38250We describe a realistic and inexpensive experimental cataract model for phacoemulsification training. After a capsulorhexis is performed, a deep cavity in the lens of an enucleated sheep eye is formed by phacoemulsification through a lateral incision. An undamaged human cataractous lens nucleus obtained by extracapsular cataract extraction is inserted in the preformed cavity, resting in the center of a cortex cushion. Phacoemulsification training is performed through a corneal tunnel incision. The experimental model is prepared with a human cataractous lens nucleus of the preferred hardness, simulating nuclear phacoemulsification in humans. (C) 2004 ASCRS and ESCRS.en10.1016/j.jcrs.2003.08.018info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessArticle303555557WOS:00022329510000915050248Q1