Cataract Surgery News

BOSTON — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, George O. Waring IV, MD, FACS, discusses 1-year data for the modular shape-changing OmniVu IOL system from Atia Vision.

Zonulopathy and capsule breaches are issues that can occur after vitrectomy in eyes undergoing cataract surgery, according to a presentation at Real World Ophthalmology.

Ophthalmologists can attend interactive sessions, network with colleagues and earn CME credits at this year’s Kiawah Eye, organized by Healio Live.

BOSTON — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, David L. Cooke, MD, shares how Heidelberg Engineering’s Anterion platform helped him address a complicated case of myopia and astigmatism after cataract surgery.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Secondary IOL implantation techniques have equivalent visual acuity results and safety profiles, along with inherent risks and postoperative complications, according to a speaker at the Retina World Congress.

Toric monofocal IOLs resulted in better uncorrected distance visual acuity and lower postoperative cylinder compared with nontoric multifocal IOLs and were more effective than corneal relaxing incisions, according to a literature review.

Researchers found no significant differences in keratometry measurements before cataract surgery among patients with dry eye disease vs. those without, according to a study conducted in Norway and published in Clinical Ophthalmology.

SEATTLE — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ARVO meeting, George O. Waring IV, MD, FACS, discusses the Tecnis Odyssey’s tolerance to refractive error.

The addition of iStent inject, an ab interno trabecular micro-bypass device, to cataract surgery reduced ocular hypotensive medication usage among patients with glaucoma, according to a study published in Ophthalmology Glaucoma.

Cyclosporine 0.05% outperformed artificial tears in improving tear film quality and stability in the treatment of dry eye disease after cataract surgery, according to a study published in Annals of Medicine & Surgery.