Cataract Surgery News

ORLANDO — At Cataract Surgery: Telling It Like It Is, P. Dee Stephenson, MD, discusses how incorporating Dextenza (dexamethasone ophthalmic insert 0.4 mg, Ocular Therapeutix) has improved the entire cataract surgery process for her practice.

ORLANDO — The audience of Cataract Surgery: Telling It Like It Is was witness to a master class in the impact of language — clarity, specificity, frequency and timing — when speaking with a patient.

ORLANDO — At Cataract Surgery: Telling It Like It Is, Cathleen M. McCabe, MD, discusses how she has taught her staff to implement what she calls “responsible coding” practices to properly code products given pass-through status, such as Omidria (phenylephrine 1% and ketorolac 0.3% intraocular solution, Omeros), to avoid MIPS mistakes.

ORLANDO — Cataract surgery patients who take prescription opioids were five times more likely to have an intraoperative complication and three times more likely to have a postoperative complication, according to authors of a poster presented here at Cataract Surgery: Telling It Like It Is.

ORLANDO — At Cataract Surgery: Telling It Like It Is, P. Dee Stephenson, MD, discusses her clinical experience with Inveltys (loteprednol etabonate ophthalmic suspension 1%, Kala Pharmaceuticals) in cataract surgery.

ORLANDO — Setting up a refractive fellowship in his practice not only created more efficiency at work but also was “the most rewarding aspect” of his career, Robert J. Weinstock, MD, said at Cataract Surgery: Telling It Like It Is.

ORLANDO — At Cataract Surgery: Telling It Like It Is, George O. Waring IV, MD, discusses his early clinical experience and surgical pearls with the Tecnis toric II IOL from Johnson & Johnson Vision. He was the first surgeon in the world to implant the lens commercially.

ORLANDO — Building a team and maximizing efficiency by being a leader and a participant on that team are ways to enhance patient care and effectively manage time during surgery, said a presenter at Cataract Surgery: Telling It Like It Is.

ORLANDO — Because learning a new technique is “incredibly stressful” and a challenge, Matthew A. Miller, MD, offered tips on how “to do it in a manner that is safe for our patients and still allows for the best possible outcomes.”

KOLOA, Hawaii — At Hawaiian Eye 2020, John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, discusses methods of communicating with patients about presbyopia correction in cataract surgery.