Keratoplasty

Suturing penetrating keratoplasties is tricky and worth mastering. My guest in this column is Roswell R. Pfister, MD, who explains the intricacies of this art.

DENVER — Patients with infectious keratitis who underwent penetrating keratoplasty earlier in the course of their infection had better postoperative outcomes compared with those who waited longer before having surgery, according to a study.

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Healio/Ocular Surgery News, the Associate Medical Editors are sharing what they think are the most important ophthalmic innovations of the 2010s.

A comprehensive search and comparison of studies on Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty and ultra-thin Descemet’s stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of both procedures.

Descemet’s stripping endothelial keratoplasty, Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty and pre-Descemet’s endothelial keratoplasty have changed the cornea transplant game.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Cataract surgery is a journey, with certain steps surgeons should follow, according to a presentation at Hawaiian Eye 2022.

Laser vision correction procedures totaled 190,509 in the fourth quarter of 2021, marking a 32% year-to-date increase over 2020, according to a press release from the Refractive Surgery Council.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Marguerite B. McDonald, MD, a corneal refractive surgeon at OCLI Vision, discussed a thulium laser-based presbyopia correction technique from her Philip M. Corboy, MD, Memorial Award Lecture here.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — A presenter at Hawaiian Eye 2022 offered his list of considerations for performing cataract surgery in patients with herpetic disease.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — At Hawaiian Eye 2022, Audrey Talley Rostov, MD, discusses a lamellar keratoplasty technique for granular dystrophy she has performed using the Visumax femtosecond laser.