Cataract Surgery

The top cataract surgery items on Healio this year included updates on IOLs, robotic surgery systems and postoperative inflammation.

Large retrospective studies have demonstrated that visual impairment is a risk factor for developing cognitive impairment, including dementia.

A number of key opinion leaders submit blogs to Healio Optometry, and two of our most popular bloggers are Scott Edmonds, OD, FAAO, and Oliver Kuhn-Wilken, OD. Here are their top posts over the past year.

Bausch + Lomb acquired Elios Vision, including its technology to perform a minimally invasive glaucoma surgery procedure with an excimer laser, according to a press release.

What are the odds of a really serious complication from cataract surgery, a complication that would permanently decrease vision?

CHICAGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, Vikas Chopra, MD, discusses vitreous management for the anterior segment surgeon.

NEW YORK — In this Healio Video Perspective from OSN New York, John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, discusses an update on pass-through reimbursement.

A 72-year-old patient presented urgently with vision loss and ocular pain.

In this episode, Jim Mazzo and John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, are live from Eyecelerator with Mend the Gap hosts Susan MacDonald, MD, and Cathleen McCabe, MD, discussing their humanitarian work.

Inflammation is associated with every surgical procedure.