Cataract Surgery News

NEW YORK — In this Healio Video Perspective from OSN New York, Uday Devgan, MD, offers tips for surgeons to avoid and rescue phacoemulsification wound burns that may arise during cataract surgery.

CHICAGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from Eyecelerator@AAO, Rob Thornhill, CEO of Centricity Vision, discusses two of the company’s new cataract surgery products.

MILAN — If cataract surgery today is a safe, standardized procedure able to provide excellent quality of vision, this is due to the intuition, passion and hard work of innovators often fiercely criticized and ostracized by colleagues.

Cataract surgery has undergone many developments since J. Stuart Cumming, MD, FACS, FRCOphth, began his career, yet he continues to be a leading voice in IOL development.

CHICAGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from Eyecelerator@AAO, Warren Foust, of Johnson & Johnson Vision, discusses the launch of the Tecnis Symfony OptiBlue IOL and provides an overview of other featured announcements.

As the demand for cataract surgery continues to increase, the technology has evolved to meet the goals of both patients and surgeons.

SAN DIEGO — Cataract surgery on the first eye improves vision, but surgery on the second eye minimizes the incidence of falls, according to a study presented during a virtual press conference at Academy 2022.

CHICAGO — The rate of immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery among people aged 65 years or older increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a poster presented here.

CHICAGO — Risk factors for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment following cataract surgery include younger age, white race, male sex and lattice degeneration, according to a poster presented at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

CHICAGO — An analysis of a large series of cataract surgeries found no association between hemorrhagic occlusive retinal vasculitis and the use of vancomycin in the infusion solution.