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The modern phacoemulsification machines have an excellent phaco mode and a weaker vitrectomy mode. In most cases the vitreous cutter is 20-G and the cutting frequency 500 cuts/min. In a modern vitrectomy machine, the cutting frequency is ten times higher.
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Spandau, U., Scharioth, G. (2014). Equipment. In: Complications During and After Cataract Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54449-1_2
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