PHACOEMULSIFICATION PERFORMED IN A MODIFIED WAITING ROOM CHAIR

Patients unable to fully recline represent challenging cases for the c ataract surgeon. Various diseases of the heart, lungs, and spine may p revent certain patients from assuming a supine position, complicating the surgical approach and increasing the risk of intraoperative compli cations. We altered a common waiting room chair to allow these patient s to remain in an upright seated position while their heads maintain t he usual supine position commonly obtained with patients positioned on an operating room table.