Cataract Surgery

The organization aims to educate patients and doctors on one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide.

Lance Kugler, MD, recapped his presentation and findings on the safety of office-based cataract surgery with the Ophthalmology Times© team at the ASCRS annual meeting in San Diego.

In a presentation at the American Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery annual meeting in San Diego, Erisa Yotsukura, MD, PhD, offered details of a study examining an IOL that transmits violet light and a second option that does not, and they believe this can affect differences in the choroidal thickness after cataract surgery.

Ravi Parikh, MD, MPH, sat down with David Hutton, Managing Editor, Ophthalmology Times®, to discuss his presentation about adopting dropless cataract surgery to help reduce cost to both patients and the healthcare system at this year's ARVO meeting.

With instructor-led sessions and haptic feedback, this first-of-its-kind eye surgery training creates an immersive experience with the look and feel of surgery in a human eye, without risks to patient safety.

Vance Thompson, MD, sat down with David Hutton, Managing Editor, Ophthalmology Times®, to discuss his presentation at the Real World Ophthalmology meeting on Pearls for cataract surgery.

Medicare reimbursements for complex cataract surgery are far lower than a simpler form of the surgery.

Procedure integrates femto, phaco in one instrument to address issues.

The company’s MINIject is the only commercially available MIGS implant targeting the supraciliary space.

Physician discusses preoperative assessments before procedure focusing on cornea.

According to the company, in a clinical trial of chloroprocaine hydrochloride ophthalmic gel in patients undergoing routine cataract surgery, patients treated with the gel did not require any supplemental treatment to complete the intended surgical procedure.

The study compared 126 IOL injectors of 13 IOL injector systems regarding the manufacturers’ recommended preoperative incision sizes to evaluate the intraoperative incision enlargement and postoperative incision sizes.

Surgeon notes there is no good solution for ending use of topical medications

During the EnVision Summit Ophthalmology in Puerto Rico, Victor Villegas, MD, made a presentation titled "From a Retina Perspective: Comanagement of AMD, DME and CME in the Setting of Cataract Surgery," focusing on how to comanage patients that have macular degeneration, diabetic maculopathy and cystoid macular edema.

Denise Visco, MD, MBA, discusses takeaway points from patient case #2 for post-operative inflammation management for routine cataract surgery.

According to the company, the IC-8 Apthera IOL is a wavefront-filtering intraocular lens for unilateral implantation in the non-dominant eye in patients who have as much as 1.5 D of corneal astigmatism in the implanted eye.

Investigators find a link with a postoperative prolonged steroid response.

According to UC Davis researchers, more needs to be done for the field to reflect ethnic and racial diversity across the country.

According to investigators, surgeons should be aware of the high prevalence of zonular weakness and cystoid macular edema, which may warrant additional preparation in these patients.

Ophthalmologists can reduce IOP and medications with endocyclophotocoagulation while in the eye.

While the surgeons reported that the BW filter provided higher contrast during nucleus and viscous removal and posterior capsular polishing, they subjectively reported no significant advantage of using a BW filter.

The procedure ensures the removal of cortical remnants, capsular fibrosis during cataract surgery.

ASCRS, AAO behind year-long drive for policy change, with Aetna dropping its requirement on July 1 for pre-authorization for cataract surgery, covering patients in 48 of 50 states.

OCS-01 is being reviewed for the treatment of inflammation and pain after cataract surgery, with the potential to become the first once-daily, topical and preservative-free corticosteroid for treating inflammation and pain following ocular surgery.