Cataract surgery step timer
Cataract surgery step timing from your own videos.
Eye Surgery Splits times each step of phacoemulsification as you review a recorded cataract case. Press a button at every transition and the app records the duration of each step and the whole case, then lets you compare cases and export the splits to CSV.
Which phacoemulsification steps are timed?
The default Standard Phaco preset splits a case into nine steps: main wound, rhexis, hydro, cracks, phaco, cortex, IOL, visco, and hydrate/check wounds. You can rename, reorder, add or remove steps to match your technique.
How do I time my cataract surgery steps?
- Open the recorded case from your computer and choose the Standard Phaco preset.
- Play the video at any speed from 0.25x to 10x, stepping frame by frame when you need precision.
- Mark each step transition. Switch the operating surgeon if an attending takes over.
- Save the case, then review timing graphs across cases or export to CSV and PDF.
What can I learn from step timings?
Splits show which steps take the most time in your cases and how that changes as you operate more. Paired with the resident and attending timing, they also show how much of each case you performed.
Timings support retrospective self-review and teaching. They are not a measure of surgical quality on their own and do not replace feedback from your supervisors.