Yuksel, ErdemYuksel E.Yuksel, E2023-05-092023-05-092020-02-012020-02-012020.01.010886-3350https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12597/13307While phacoemulsification cataract surgery is a routine and safe procedure, clear visualization of the anterior segment is challenging in patients with corneal opacity. Illumination from the operating microscope can cause scattering and light reflection in a patient with corneal opacity. A frequent approach for these cases is cataract surgery with sequential or simultaneous corneal transplantation. This method has serious preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative drawbacks, such as a long wait for a donor cornea, choroidal hemorrhage, and delayed visual rehabilitation. In this case series, the technique of intracameral endoilluminator-assisted phacoemulsification surgery in patients with severe corneal opacity was shown to provide better visualization and reduced scattering and reflection in patients with corneal opacity.While phacoemulsification cataract surgery is a routine and safe procedure, clear visualization of the anterior segment is challenging in patients with corneal opacity. Illumination from the operating microscope can cause scattering and light reflection in a patient with corneal opacity. A frequent approach for these cases is cataract surgery with sequential or simultaneous corneal transplantation. This method has serious preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative drawbacks, such as a long wait for a donor cornea, choroidal hemorrhage, and delayed visual rehabilitation. In this case series, the technique of intracameral endoilluminator-assisted phacoemulsification surgery in patients with severe corneal opacity was shown to provide better visualization and reduced scattering and reflection in patients with corneal opacity.trueIntracameral endoilluminator-assisted phacoemulsification surgery in patients with severe corneal opacity.Intracameral endoilluminator-assisted phacoemulsification surgery in patients with severe corneal opacityIntracameral endoilluminator-assisted phacoemulsification surgery in patients with severe corneal opacityJournal Article10.1097/j.jcrs.000000000000005010.1097/j.jcrs.00000000000000502-s2.0-85080976912WOS:00051612830000232126027168173461873-4502