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Kiawah Eye video perspectives provide pearls, tips
Healio.com/OSN attended the Kiawah Eye meeting in South Carolina in May, recording video perspectives with researchers and key opinion leaders about a host of topics.
Here are the top five most-watched videos from the meeting.
VIDEO: How to avoid endophthalmitis from intravitreal injections
Steve Charles, MD, shares his protocol for avoiding endophthalmitis when giving intravitreal injections. Watch here.
VIDEO: Switching to ab externo approach leads to better outcomes with Xen gel stent
Nathan Radcliffe, MD, discusses how and why switching from an ab interno to ab externo technique with implantation of the Xen gel stent MIGS device (Allergan) has improved his results in treating patients with glaucoma. Watch here.
VIDEO: New MIGS devices bring different advantages to glaucoma treatment
Thomas W. Samuelson, MD, discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the new MIGS devices on the U.S. market, including the iStent inject (Glaukos), Hydrus (Ivantis), Xen (Allergan) and Omni (Sight Sciences) devices. Watch here.
VIDEO: CME rates lower with Omidria, topical NSAID combination
Keith Walter, MD, discusses a study he presented at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting showing the combination of Omidria (phenylephrine 1% and ketorolac 0.3% intraocular solution, Omeros) with topical bromfenac in cataract surgery significantly lowered the rates of cystoid macular edema. Watch here.
VIDEO: Pearls for cataract surgery in small pupils
Preeya Gupta, MD, shares some surgical pearls for using iris hooks and the Malyugin ring (MicroSurgical Technology) for small pupils. Watch here.