Phacoemulsification

SAN FRANCISCO — In this Healio Video Perspective from Eyecelerator@AAO, Rob Thornhill of Centricity Vision announces the launch of the ZeptoLink IOL positioning system.

VIENNA — A pressure sensor built in a phaco handpiece effectively prevents occlusion break surge and helps deliver less energy in the eye, with a parallel shortening in surgical time.

Iris repair is a technique that I learned in fellowship, and I am often thankful I have this in my skill set.

Differential IOP phacoemulsification is a new concept from Rohit Om Parkash, MBBS, MS, and a video on the topic won the film festival award at this year’s American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — In this Healio Video Perspective from Kiawah Eye, Caroline Watson, MD, discusses the challenging transition to microincisional bimanual phacoemulsification.

Ophthalmologists are familiar with pseudoexfoliation syndrome because it makes cataract surgery more challenging due to poor dilation or weak capsular support.

Capsulorrhexis is an essential aspect of and a prerequisite for performing phacoemulsification surgery.

SAN DIEGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from Eyecelerator@ASCRS, Rob Thornhill discusses the FDA 510(k) clearance of the ZeptoLink IOL positioning system and the benefits the system may provide cataract surgeons.

Centricity Vision received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for the ZeptoLink IOL positioning system, according to a press release.

A large multicenter retrospective study showed that bilensectomy — phacoemulsification with lens implantation following the explant of a phakic IOL — has good results with a low rate of complications.