Cataract

Goniotomy-viscodilation cataract surgery controls IOP without medications.

Advances in laser-vision correction provide visual results that often surpass 20/20.

Programs use detection and treatment to ease burden of eye disease.

Robert Weinstock, MD, presents data from a retrospective multicenter study focusing on the efficacy of dexamethasone intraocular suspension 9% delivered at the time of cataract surgery.

Speaking during the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s virtual 2020 annual meeting, Neal H. Shorstein, MD, explained how physicians at Kaiser Permanente have been using a prophylactic drop-free drug regimen before cataract surgery for more than a decade. Their regimen is so streamlined that the only drop that patients receive in anticipation of cataract surgery is a supplemental dilation drop instilled preoperatively while they are still in the holding area.

Rudy Nuijts of the University Eye Clinic Maastricht, the Netherlands, discusses the highlights of his AAO 2020 presentation on a combination treatment regimen for lowering the incidence of cystoid macular oedema following category surgery.

Elevated pressure can lead to irreversible optic nerve damage, vision loss

Optics block out-of-focus and stray light, allow continuum of vision.

Interest stems from the recognition that the number of people affected with cataracts is expected to increase in association with population aging while access to cataract surgery is limited in areas throughout the world.

Investigators suggest incorporating an examination for mites as part of the preoperative evaluation.

Learn how experts manage post-operative inflammation and pain following various ocular surgeries.

Sustained release helps mitigate disease progression without impacting quality of life.

Large randomized trial compares efficacy and safety of multiple regimens

Study points to possible role of addressing preprocedural anxiety

The FEMCAT study found that FLACS is not superior to conventional approach

Initiating the treatment preoperatively was associated with better outcomes than if the artificial tears were used only after the procedure.

Findings from large retrospective study support intraoperative cefuroxime irrigation

Newly cleared technology for laser cataract gives ophthalmologists another tool.

Surveyed patients express dissatisfaction with efficacy of eye drops.

A number of options may offer major cost savings, positive results for patients.

Benefits of intracameral phenylephrine/ketorolac continue to add up.

Monofocal toric lens delivers effective astigmatic correction and more, study results show

RLE, in unexpected twist, is gaining support among surgeons

Options can reduce the treatment burden for patients, leading to improved outcomes