Kayikçioglu, ÖEgrilmez, SEmre, SErakgün, T2024-07-182024-07-181873-4502http://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/6920ELSEVIER SCIENCE INCArticleWe 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.GOAT EYES