Cataract Surgery News

Age younger than 1 year at the time of cataract surgery, aphakia, Black race and unilateral cataract appeared linked to higher risk for developing pediatric glaucoma, according to a study published in Ophthalmology Glaucoma.

Health Canada approved the enVista Envy full visual range IOL, the first global approval for the lens, according to a press release from Bausch + Lomb.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In this Healio Video Perspective from the Retina World Congress, Ashkan M. Abbey, MD, shares tips for performing sutureless intrascleral IOL fixation in eyes with poor capsular support.

BOSTON — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, George O. Waring IV, MD, FACS, discusses 1-year data for the modular shape-changing OmniVu IOL system from Atia Vision.

Zonulopathy and capsule breaches are issues that can occur after vitrectomy in eyes undergoing cataract surgery, according to a presentation at Real World Ophthalmology.

Ophthalmologists can attend interactive sessions, network with colleagues and earn CME credits at this year’s Kiawah Eye, organized by Healio Live.

BOSTON — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, David L. Cooke, MD, shares how Heidelberg Engineering’s Anterion platform helped him address a complicated case of myopia and astigmatism after cataract surgery.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Secondary IOL implantation techniques have equivalent visual acuity results and safety profiles, along with inherent risks and postoperative complications, according to a speaker at the Retina World Congress.

Toric monofocal IOLs resulted in better uncorrected distance visual acuity and lower postoperative cylinder compared with nontoric multifocal IOLs and were more effective than corneal relaxing incisions, according to a literature review.

Researchers found no significant differences in keratometry measurements before cataract surgery among patients with dry eye disease vs. those without, according to a study conducted in Norway and published in Clinical Ophthalmology.