Cataract Surgery News

Patients who underwent YAG laser capsulotomy after cataract surgery were satisfied with the convenience and timeliness of having the procedure done at their local optometrist’s office, according to an American Optometric Association survey.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — In this presentation from Kiawah Eye, Caroline Watson, MD, shows how ophthalmologists can identify zonulopathy during examination and presents tools and surgical techniques that may help manage it during surgery.

Many of us have noticed that refractive lens exchanges recently are a boom business. They have always been the only refractive solution for some patients, but increasingly sophisticated IOLs are turning more patients into candidates.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — In a presentation from Kiawah Eye, Brandon D. Ayres, MD, uses surgical footage to discuss intrascleral haptic fixation to place an IOL without capsular support.

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.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — In a presentation at Kiawah Eye, Nathan M. Radcliffe, MD, shares videos on performing surgery in patients with small pupils.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — 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.

Presurgical treatment with LipiFlow improved meibomian gland function in patients with range of vision IOLs, according to a study.

The year’s second issue of the Video Journal of Cataract, Refractive, and Glaucoma Surgery, which provides high-quality video-based education for anterior segment surgeons, is now online.

Healio’s top ophthalmology items this week covered the accuracy of self-administered eye drops and the efficacy of thickening corneas before cross-linking.