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Item Fish hook technique for nucleus management in manual small-incision cataract surgery: An Overview(All India Ophthalmological Society, 2022-11) Anand, Abhishek; Singh, Vivek; Kumari, Rashmi; Mishra, Deepak; Kumar, Rajesh R; Singh, Anil KManual small-incision cataract surgery (MSICS) preserves its utility as a cost-effective and efficient strategy for mitigating cataract-associated blindness. Numerous techniques of nucleus delivery in MSICS have been described in the literature. The fish hook technique of nucleus extraction was advocated in 1997 and has been popular for high-volume surgery in limited pockets of the world. This article describes in detail the steps involved in the construction of a fish hook, tips of nucleus extraction with the help of a fish hook, and the pros and cons of fish hook-based MSICS through text, diagram, and video supplement.