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    Posted on June 6th, 2011

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    Small Incision Cataract Surgery performed by Dr. Miguel Sarabia

    Small Incision Cataract Surgery performed by Dr. Miguel Sarabia

    Video of Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery performed by Dr. Miguel Sarabia at Our Lady of Mercy Hospital. This Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery procedure is under topical anesthesia, no injections… How long was that frown incision? Its about 7mm, base your frown length on the hardness of the cataract…a large soft cataract can be [...]

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    Posted on May 30th, 2011

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    Manual Sutureless Cataract Surgery (also known as MSICS)

    Manual Sutureless Cataract Surgery (also known as MSICS)

    Manual Sutureless Cataract Surgery or MSCS also known as Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery or MSICS. Dr. Miguel Sarabia of SarabiaVision.com personally received his Manual Sutureless Cataract Surgery or MSICS training from Dr. Venkatesh at Aravind Eye Hospital in 2001. In this Video Dr. Venkatesh from Aravind Eye Hospitals performs 2 unedited, back-to-back Manual Sutureless [...]

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    Posted on May 19th, 2011

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    Tackling the greatest challenge in cataract surgery

    Tackling the greatest challenge in cataract surgery

    From the standpoint of cost effectiveness manual small incision cataract surgery is clearly superior to the alternatives Despite all that modern technology has done to advance the treatment of cataracts, our greatest challenge continues to be the large and increasing backlog of cataract blindness in developing countries.1–5 While in North America and western Europe, intraocular [...]

  • Ocular Surgery News

    Posted on May 9th, 2011

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    World’s most advanced lens implantation system is now available

    World’s most advanced lens implantation system is now available

    World’s most advanced lens implantation system….the iSert™ Preloaded Injectable Intraocular Lens by Hoya…is now available in Sarabia Eye Specialists Clinic… The iSert™ Preloaded Injectable Intraocular Lens System is a proven technology. In use in Europe and Japan since 2007, and now avaialble in Bacolod City at Sarabia Eye Specialists Clinic, the iSert™ Preloaded System’s completely [...]

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    Posted on December 27th, 2009

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    Controlled anterior chamber paracentesis…

    Controlled anterior chamber paracentesis…

    Controlled anterior chamber paracentesis effective for acute angle-closure glaucoma After this procedure, laser peripheral iridotomy can be performed. by Miguel Thomas S. Sarabia, MD Acute angle-closure glaucoma is a common eye emergency, especially in Asia. The literature now rates it as the most common form of glaucoma worldwide. In its acute phase, the patient classically [...]

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    Posted on November 14th, 2009

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    Cataract Surgery: Simple techniques in manual small-incision

    Cataract Surgery: Simple techniques in manual small-incision

    Cataract Surgery:  Simple techniques help avoid common pitfalls in manual small-incision surgery In a previous article in Ocular Surgery News Europe/Asia-Pacific Edition, I described a technique that I call topical manual small-incision cataract surgery. Surgeons who are transitioning from either extracapsular cataract extraction or phacoemulsification to topical manual small-incision cataract surgery may encounter a few [...]