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Both eyes exhibited peripheral ulcerative keratitis, with the right eye particularly affected around the entire circumference of the cornea, except for the inferior nasal site. The disease subsided with the use of soft contact lenses and betamethasone and cyclosporine administration. The cataract progressed to a mature stage, and the density of corneal endothelial cells decreased to approximately 600\/mm\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      . A right-handed surgeon, positioned at the lower left corner of her face, performed phacoemulsification using a one- and left-handed technique, without performing paracentesis, through a sclerocorneal incision from the inferior nasal site of her right eye. Postoperatively, her best-corrected visual acuity improved to 20\/25 from hand motion.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A patient with almost total circumferential thinning of the cornea, which appeared to be a challenge for standard cataract surgery, could undergo successful cataract surgery with the selection of an appropriate incision site and technique. The findings of this case report may provide valuable insights for the development of safe surgical strategies for cataract surgery in cases characterized by severe, almost circumferential peripheral thinning of the cornea.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/joco.joco_175_24","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,14]],"date-time":"2025-11-14T15:00:10Z","timestamp":1763132410000},"page":"124-128","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Mature Cataracts with Rheumatoid Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis Treated by One- and Left-Handed Surgery via the Inferior Nasal Site"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"37","author":[{"given":"Suguru","family":"Nakagawa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Asahi General Hospital, Chiba, Japan"},{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yohei","family":"Nomoto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Asahi General Hospital, Chiba, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kazuya","family":"Inamochi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Asahi General Hospital, Chiba, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"R1-20251117","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1167","DOI":"10.4103\/IJO.IJO_3395_22","article-title":"Cataract surgery in ocular surface disease","volume":"71","author":"Priyadarshini","year":"2023","journal-title":"Indian J Ophthalmol"},{"key":"R2-20251117","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1549","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jcrs.2016.09.012","article-title":"New surgical approach in cases of cataract with ocular Stevens-Johnson syndrome","volume":"42","author":"Sharma","year":"2016","journal-title":"J Cataract Refract Surg"},{"key":"R3-20251117","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"25","DOI":"10.1097\/ICU.0000000000000538","article-title":"Different methods of chopping in cataract surgery","volume":"30","author":"Jacob","year":"2019","journal-title":"Curr Opin Ophthalmol"},{"key":"R4-20251117","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"281","DOI":"10.1016\/S0886-3350(13)80824-3","article-title":"Divide and conquer nucleofractis phacoemulsification:Development and variations","volume":"17","author":"Gimbel","year":"1991","journal-title":"J Cataract Refract Surg"},{"key":"R5-20251117","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1535","DOI":"10.2147\/OPTH.S463525","article-title":"Phaco-chop versus divide-and-conquer in patients who underwent cataract surgery:A systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"18","author":"Guedes","year":"2024","journal-title":"Clin Ophthalmol"},{"key":"R6-20251117","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"431","DOI":"10.2147\/OPTH.S281857","article-title":"One-handed rotational phacoemulsification technique","volume":"15","author":"Gigliola","year":"2021","journal-title":"Clin Ophthalmol"},{"key":"R7-20251117","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"237","DOI":"10.1080\/02713683.2018.1542733","article-title":"Comparative analysis of one-handed and two-handed coaxial phacoemulsification with 2.4-mm clear corneal incision","volume":"44","author":"Li","year":"2019","journal-title":"Curr Eye Res"},{"key":"R8-20251117","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"513","DOI":"10.1016\/S0886-3350(13)80109-5","article-title":"Divide and conquer phacoemulsification. 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