Intraocular Lens

IOL exchange is often necessary to optimize the visual potential of a patient.

WAILEA, Hawaii — In this video from Hawaiian Eye, Sumit “Sam” Garg, MD, discusses modular accommodating lens technologies in development, offering patients depth of focus and stability without any rings on the IOLs.

CHICAGO — Ophthalmologists now have many IOL options for patients who want to be spectacle free, but none are the perfect solution, according to one speaker here.

We perform a beautiful cataract surgery with the expectation that the patient will heal normally and achieve outstanding vision.

AcuFocus received FDA approval for its IC-8 Apthera small-aperture IOL for cataract surgery, according to a press release.

Welcome to another edition of CEDARS/ASPENS Debates. CEDARS/ASPENS is a society of cornea, cataract and refractive surgery specialists, here to discuss some of the latest hot topics in ophthalmology.

This issue’s installment marks the 200th column of Back to Basics by Uday Devgan, MD, for Ocular Surgery News. These columns have continually been instructive on all aspects of cataract surgery for new and experienced surgeons alike, and a valuable aid to surgical practice. I would like to thank and congratulate Uday for his contribution to the publication and his contribution toward perfecting the art of cataract surgery.

Educating cataract surgery patients about lens options while also efficiently obtaining needed preoperative information can be a heavy lift.

The future for presbyopia is bright no matter what side you are on. For drops, the benefits are that they are nonsurgical and well tolerated, and the risk profile is relatively safe. The con is that for many patients, they will not work.

WASHINGTON — In this Healio Video Perspective from the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting, Dee Stephenson, MD, discusses the benefits of using the Bausch + Lomb low toric MX60 IOL to treat astigmatism.