Phacoemulsification

"Phacoemulsification" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A procedure for removal of the crystalline lens in cataract surgery in which an anterior capsulectomy is performed by means of a needle inserted through a small incision at the temporal limbus, allowing the lens contents to fall through the dilated pupil into the anterior chamber where they are broken up by the use of ultrasound and aspirated out of the eye through the incision. (Cline, et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed & In Focus 1993;1(1):1)

Descriptor ID	D018918
MeSH Number(s)	E04.540.825.249.704 E04.943.875
Concept/Terms	Phacoemulsification Phacoemulsification Phacoemulsifications

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Surgical Procedures, Operative [E04]
Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures [E04.540]
Refractive Surgical Procedures [E04.540.825]
Cataract Extraction [E04.540.825.249]
Phacoemulsification [E04.540.825.249.704]
Ultrasonic Surgical Procedures [E04.943]
Phacoemulsification [E04.943.875]

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Bar chart showing 72 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2003 and 2013 and 2015 and 2016 and 2017 and 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	1	2
1997	3	0	3
1999	1	0	1
2001	1	1	2
2002	2	0	2
2003	3	2	5
2004	1	0	1
2006	1	1	2
2007	0	2	2
2008	1	0	1
2009	3	0	3
2010	0	2	2
2011	1	1	2
2012	2	1	3
2013	4	1	5
2014	2	1	3
2015	3	2	5
2016	3	2	5
2017	4	1	5
2018	4	1	5
2019	3	0	3
2020	3	1	4
2021	1	0	1
2022	2	0	2
2023	1	0	1
2024	1	1	2

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Guedes J, Amaral DC, de Oliveira Caneca K, Cassins Aguiar EH, de Oliveira LN, Mora-Paez DJ, Cyrino LG, Louzada RN, Moster MR, Myers JS, Schuman JS, Shukla AG, Shalaby WS. Kahook Dual Blade Goniotomy Versus iStent Implantation Combined With Phacoemulsification: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Glaucoma. 2025 03 01; 34(3):232-247.

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Momenaei B, Zhou A, Kazan AS, Wakabayashi T, Obeid A, Morano M, Khan MA, Xu D, Kuriyan AE, Yonekawa Y, Hsu J, Ho AC. Retinal Tear and Retinal Detachment after Cataract Surgery in Eyes with a Previous History of Treated Phakic Retinal Tears. Ophthalmology. 2024 12; 131(12):1416-1426.

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Shalaby WS, Patel S, Lam SS, Bechay J, Zadrozny I, Reyes J, Zhang Q, Sharpe J, Lee D, Myers JS, Kolomeyer NN, Razeghinejad R, Pro MJ, Moster MR, Garg Shukla A. Hemorrhagic Complications Following Trabecular Bypass Microstent Surgery in the Setting of Antithrombotic Therapy. J Glaucoma. 2023 05 01; 32(5):389-395.

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Kalarn S, Le T, Rhee DJ. The role of trabeculectomy in the era of minimally invasive glaucoma surgery. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2022 Mar 01; 33(2):112-118.

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Ahmed IIK, De Francesco T, Rhee D, McCabe C, Flowers B, Gazzard G, Samuelson TW, Singh K. Long-term Outcomes from the HORIZON Randomized Trial for a Schlemm's Canal Microstent in Combination Cataract and Glaucoma Surgery. Ophthalmology. 2022 07; 129(7):742-751.

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Shalaby WS, Lam SS, Arbabi A, Myers JS, Moster MR, Kolomeyer NN, Razeghinejad R, Shukla AG, Hussein TR, Eid TM, Shalaby SM, Lee D. iStent versus iStent inject implantation combined with phacoemulsification in open angle glaucoma. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2021 Sep; 69(9):2488-2495.

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Qian Z, Huang J, Song B, Wei L, Fu L, Austin MW, Spaeth GL, Pan W, McAlinden C. Cataract Surgery (Phacoemulsification with Intraocular Lens Implantation) Combined with Endoscopic Goniosynechialysis for Advanced Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma. Ophthalmol Glaucoma. 2021 Jul-Aug; 4(4):365-372.

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Ahmed IIK, Rhee DJ, Jones J, Singh IP, Radcliffe N, Gazzard G, Samuelson TW, Ong J, Singh K. Three-Year Findings of the HORIZON Trial: A Schlemm Canal Microstent for Pressure Reduction in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma and Cataract. Ophthalmology. 2021 06; 128(6):857-865.

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Watane A, Botsford BW, Sood AB, Williams AM, Xu D, Gupta RR, Conner IP, Sivalingam A, Gupta OP, Ward MS, Mehta S, Cid MD, Crossan A, Sierpina DI, Hwang FS, Rachitskaya A, Ehmann DS, Kovacs KD, Orlin A, Zhang AY, Patel U, Dubovy S, Klufas MA, Patel NA, Sridhar J, Yannuzzi NA. Scleral-Sutured Intraocular Lens Dislocations Secondary to Eyelet Fractures. Am J Ophthalmol. 2021 01; 221:273-278.

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Chang DF, Prajna NV, Szczotka-Flynn LB, Benetz BA, Lass JH, O'Brien RC, Menegay HJ, Gardner S, Shekar M, Rajendrababu S, Rhee DJ. Comparative corneal endothelial cell toxicity of differing intracameral moxifloxacin doses after phacoemulsification. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2020 Mar; 46(3):355-359.

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