VIDEO: Expert shares pearls on IOL matchmaking
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Key takeaways:
- Gerd Auffarth, MD, PhD, defines the various profiles of patients to guide IOL selection.
- It is important to listen to the patient to find out what they want to achieve and expect.
VILAMOURA, Portugal — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ESCRS winter meeting, Gerd Auffarth, MD, PhD, gives pearls on how to match advanced-technology IOLs to patient needs in presbyopic lens exchange.
He defines the different profiles of patients that can guide in the selection of the appropriate IOL, choosing between the many options available nowadays.
“We should carefully examine the patient ... and we have a lot of things we can apply to satisfy them, but most importantly, we have to listen to our patients, what they want to achieve and what they expect,” he said.
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Auffarth G. Keys to matching presbyopia patients’ needs with advanced technology IOLs. Presented at: European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons winter meeting; March 10-12, 2023; Vilamoura, Portugal.
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