American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Meeting

WASHINGTON ― At the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting here, Manjool Shah, MD, discusses his experience as well as reports from other surgeons on their use of the Xen implant (Allergan) at 1 year for the treatment of refractory glaucoma.

WASHINGTON ― At the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting here, Ashar Agarwal, MS, discusses his use of single-pass four-throw pupilloplasty as a retinal surgeon in cases in which silicone oil in the eye has caused closed-angle glaucoma.

WASHINGTON ― At the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting here, Sunil Shah, MD, PhD, medical director of Khmer Sight Foundation, discusses the organization’s work to eradicate cataract blindness in Cambodia.

WASHINGTON ― At the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting here, Thomas W. Samuelson, MD, discusses results of the iStent inject (Glaukos) procedure in patients with glaucoma. The iStent inject involves the use of two stents with a more linear technique of placement compared with the original iStent.

WASHINGTON ― At the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting here, Amar Agarwal, MS, FRCS, FRCOphth, discusses how single-pass four-throw pupilloplasty can be effective in high astigmatism cases by creating a pinhole effect in the pupil.

WASHINGTON ― At the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting here, Lisa Nijm, MD, JD, gives her clinical pearls for mastering complex cataract surgery.

WASHINGTON ― At the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting here, Cynthia A. Matossian, MD, discusses a study on the use of Omidria (phenylephrine 1% and ketorolac 0.3% intraocular solution, Omeros) in cataract surgery. The study found that intraoperative use of Omidria reduces the use of pupil-dilating devices by 67% and reduces the overall length of cataract surgery.

WASHINGTON ― At the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting here, Eva Liang, MD, discusses how she has improved efficiency in cataract surgery by updating her phacoemulsification platform.

WASHINGTON ― At the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting here, Soosan Jacob, MS, FRCS, DNB, describes a new technique she is using in thin membrane endothelial keratoplasty procedures.

WASHINGTON ― At the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting here, Arun C. Gulani, MD, discusses his CLEAR concept for refractive surgery, which employs all anterior segment, lenticular and corneal techniques and technologies to bring patients to 20/15 vision.