Patient Satisfaction

In patients who underwent elective spine surgery, no significant correlation was seen between preoperative narcotic use and perioperative adverse outcomes or hospitalization satisfaction scores, according to recently published results.

The cover story in this issue of Ocular Surgery News explores a promising new breed of accommodating lenses that are likely to drive excitement in refractive cataract surgery. They face a challenge to widespread use, though, because across the U.S. only about 12% of cataract patients receive a premium IOL.