Cataract Surgery News

Healio/OSN’s top blog posts of the year featured commentaries on the challenges of transitioning to office-based surgery and generic drugs for the treatment of dry eye disease.

Prioritizing patient image quality and understanding the business of ophthalmology are important steps for building a positive patient experience and culture, according to a presentation at Real World Ophthalmology.

This year’s top articles covering cataract surgery included a look at office-based surgery and announcements about IOLs.

The final 2022 issue for the Video Journal of Cataract, Refractive, and Glaucoma Surgery, which focuses on training and educating ophthalmic surgeons through video-based lessons, is now online.

NEW YORK — In a presentation at OSN New York, Nicole Fram, MD, MPH, provides insight on how to handle unwanted imagery after uneventful cataract surgery.

MELT-300, a combination of midazolam and ketamine administered sublingually before cataract surgery, achieved the primary sedation endpoint in a pivotal phase 2 efficacy and safety study, Melt Pharmaceuticals announced in a press release.

MILAN — In difficult eyes or eyes with comorbidities in which diffractive trifocal IOLs are not an option, the AcrySof IQ Vivity and Vivity toric extended depth of focus lenses are a useful alternative, according to one specialist here.

NEW YORK — In a presentation at OSN New York, Brandon D. Ayres, MD, discusses the efficacy of the Light Adjustable Lens and offers techniques to help surgeons take advantage of the benefits of the lens.

Undesirable subjective optical patterns known as dysphotopsias are one of the most common complaints following cataract surgery.

NEW YORK — In this Healio Video Perspective from OSN New York, Uday Devgan, MD, discusses his experience working with the Juvene IOL, as well as its mechanism of action.