Healio presents top five cataract surgery items in July
Healio’s top cataract surgery items in July covered the benefits of cryopreserved amniotic membrane before surgery and a column discussing how an ophthalmologist dealt with the same surgical complication twice in one day.
Check out these items and more below.
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VIDEO: Cryopreserved amniotic membrane beneficial before cataract surgery
In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, Jeff Wongs, MD, discusses a study that investigated the benefits of cryopreserved amniotic membrane to restore the ocular surface to a healthy state. Watch here.
Precision pulse capsulotomy as safe as manual capsulorrhexis on endothelium
Precision pulse capsulotomy was found in a study to be as safe as manually performed continuous curvilinear capsulorrhexis in terms of endothelial cell density and other metrics of endothelial cell condition. Read more.
VIDEO: Half of patients improperly self-administer eye drops
In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, Alison D. Early, MD, ABO, discusses a study that investigated the accuracy of self-administered eye drops in a real-world patient population. Watch here.
VIDEO: Belt loop technique for in-the-bag IOL fixation a viable option
In a presentation at Kiawah Eye, Cathleen M. McCabe, MD, uses surgical footage to share pearls for the belt loop technique for correcting IOL dislocation with a polypropylene suture. Watch here.
I wish I hadn’t done that: Oops, I did it again
Recently, I had a day in the operating room in which not only did I break two posterior capsules, but in both cases, I dropped nuclear pieces into the back of the eye. Believe it or not, this is not even the bad part of the story. Read more.