Cataract Surgery News

This is a case of pseudophakic bullous keratopathy with a subluxated three-piece IOL. In this approach, repair with glued IOL and single-pass four-throw pupilloplasty is completed first, which lays a foundation upon which air tamponades and presses the donor PDEK graft onto the recipient host, thereby improving the results of pre-Descemet’s endothelial keratoplasty surgery.

KOLOA, Hawaii — At Hawaiian Eye 2020, Savak “Sev” Teymoorian, MD, MBA, of Harvard Eye Associates in Laguna Hills, California, discusses best current practices for the use of microstents during cataract surgery for the treatment of glaucoma.

John A. Hovanesian, MD, OSN Cataract Surgery Section Editor and partner at Harvard Eye Associates in Laguna Hills, California, discusses his thoughts on how the practice of medicine can and should evolve in the post-coronavirus world.

KOLOA, Hawaii — At Hawaiian Eye 2020, John A. Hovanesian, MD, clinical instructor at the UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute, gives his presentation on the latest steroid delivery options that allow patients to avoid drops after cataract surgery for the treatment of inflammation.

ORLANDO — At Cataract Surgery: Telling It Like It Is, Thomas Oetting, MS, MD, reviews how the staff at the Iowa City VA Hospital has been able to keep cataract surgery costs down. This includes using RNs rather than CRNAs, as well as oral sedation, intracameral antibiotics and intracameral mydriasis.

KOLOA, Hawaii — At Hawaiian Eye 2020, Randall J. Olson, MD, CEO and chair of the John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah, gives his presentation on the latest strategies to prevent endophthalmitis following cataract surgery.

KOLOA, Hawaii — At Hawaiian Eye 2020, Terry Kim, MD, professor of clinical ophthalmology at Duke University School of Medicine, gives his presentation on a study comparing patient perceptions between first and second eye cataract surgery, and how the results may bolster the case for same-day bilateral cataract surgery.

KOLOA, Hawaii — At Hawaiian Eye 2020, Jay S. Pepose, MD, professor of clinical ophthalmology at Washington University School of Medicine, gives his presentation on the best ways to quantify posterior capsular opacification and determine when a YAG capsulotomy is needed.

ORLANDO — At Cataract Surgery: Telling It Like It Is, Jason J. Jones, MD, discusses how he integrates new techniques into his busy practice.

KOLOA, Hawaii — At Hawaiian Eye 2020, Zaina Al-Mohtaseb, MD, associate professor of ophthalmology at Baylor College of Medicine, gives her presentation on the objective diagnosis of dysfunctional lens syndrome and cataract.