Cataract Surgery News

KOLOA, Hawaii — At Hawaiian Eye 2020, John P. Berdahl, MD, discusses the benefits of compounded medications that are unique to ophthalmology, such as fortified antibiotics for corneal ulcers and other pathologies for which there are no approved medications.

KOLOA, Hawaii — At Hawaiian Eye 2020, Michael D. Greenwood, MD, discusses his clinical experience using the MKO Melt (Imprimis) in cataract and other surgical procedures.

KOLOA, Hawaii — At Hawaiian Eye 2020, William B. Trattler, MD, discusses which patients are best for arcuate incisions for correcting astigmatism in cataract surgery, as well as which patients are not good candidates.

KOLOA, Hawaii — In a patient with Fuchs’ dystrophy and cataract, PK is the cornea technique of the past and endothelial keratoplasty is the technique for the present, Marian S. Macsai, MD, said at Hawaiian Eye 2020.

KOLOA, Hawaii — Surgeons can ease the burden of managing inflammation in their postoperative cataract patients by using FDA-approved sustained release steroids, Cynthia A. Matossian, MD, FACS, said at Hawaiian Eye 2020.

KOLOA, Hawaii — At Hawaiian Eye 2020, Marjan Farid, MD, discusses different complex cataract surgery cases in which femtosecond laser is beneficial over traditional phacoemulsification.

KOLOA, Hawaii — Ninety-two percent of patients do not take drops adequately after cataract surgery, John A. Hovanesian, MD, said at Hawaiian Eye 2020.

KOLOA, Hawaii — At Hawaiian Eye 2020, Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, discusses his new regimen of adding corneal cross-linking and topographic laser ablation to cataract surgery in patients with keratoconus.

KOLOA, Hawaii — In today’s pharmacy benefit management environment, it is costing practices more staff time and money to simply get the right drugs to their patient, but the alternative is an angry, unhappy patient, according to a speaker here at Hawaiian Eye 2020.

KOLOA, Hawaii — The 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule payments for ophthalmology changed little from 2019, with only cataract surgery taking a significant reduction, Kevin J. Corcoran, COE, CPC, CPMA, FNAO, said in his annual “What’s new in 2020” update at Hawaiian Eye 2020.