“…Phacoemulsification was subdivided into two stages: the sculpt‐segment removal (SS) stage, which involved the use of a phacoemulsification handpiece with a 19 G, straight 30° needle (Storz® DP8130, Bausch and Lomb, Rochester, NY, USA), and a soft silicone sleeve, and the irrigation/aspiration (IA) stage, which involved an IA handpiece with a 20 G, 0.3‐mm aspiration port tip (Storz® DP9745, Bausch and Lomb), and a soft silicone sleeve. On the basis of our previous studies, the BHs/vacuum pressures were set at 60 cm/100 mmHg, respectively, as a low fluidic setting for three eyes and at 90 cm/170 mmHg, respectively, as a high fluidic setting for the other three eyes during the SS stage. The IA stage was performed with BHs/vacuum pressures of 60 cm/450 mmHg and 90 cm/450 mmHg for the low and high fluidic settings, respectively.…”