“Stamp the tunnel”- Innovative tool - for perfection in manual small incision cataract surgery

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Manual small incision cataract surgery (SICS) is a cost-effective and safe procedure offering comparable outcomes to phacoemulsification. It holds significance for outreach and economically disadvantaged patients in developing countries, while also being important for complex cataracts in developed nations. The SICS technique revolves around a three planar self-sealing sclero corneal tunnel (SCT), a critical element for rapid and suture-less healing. The tunnel's components include the incision, side pocket, internal entry, and depth each affecting astigmatism and successful nucleus delivery.[1-3] Various incision types are explored, with the frown incision yielding minimal astigmatism but posing challenges.[2,4] Inappropriate SCT leads on to high induced astigmatism, post op hypotony, and chances of infection.