Phacoemulsification

Eyes with primary angle-closure glaucoma that underwent phacoemulsification and implantation of two trabecular micro-bypass stents experienced a significant reduction of IOP at 1 year compared with baseline, according to a study.

Endophthalmitis cases in a large retrospective clinical cohort study of patients who underwent cataract surgery were related to organism resistance in cefuroxime-treated eyes and sensitive organisms in moxifloxacin-treated eyes.

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When planning surgery for patients with cataracts and glaucoma, Douglas J. Rhee, MD, has several “rules of thumb” to consider when deciding whether to add a minimally invasive glaucoma procedure to phacoemulsification.

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In this Healio Video Perspective from the virtual AAO annual meeting, Tanner Ferguson, MD, shares results from a study investigating 6-year outcomes of the iStent (Glaukos) with phacoemulsification.

Join White as he discusses the history of cataract surgery and where femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery, or FLACS, fits in. He also explains what he believes to be follies of FLACS and why some continue to use this procedure.

Patients with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy, macular edema and cataract had superior outcomes when treated with the DEX-I intravitreal implant and phacoemulsification compared with patients treated with phacoemulsification alone.

The development of phacoemulsification using ultrasonic energy by Charles Kelman, MD, transformed the way that we perform cataract surgery.

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