Surgery

Change can prove to benefit individuals with diabetes, other comorbidities.

Safety protocols, creative solutions help physicians restore patient traffic to normal during the pandemic.

Procedure increases lens stability and improves visual acuity in patients.

Improvements gained prior to surgery can result in positive outcomes.

Richard Lehrer, MD, speaks on the highlights of a study analyzing the success of SLT after trabecular bypass stenting / phacoemulsification, presented during AAO 2020.

Newest advances improving ophthalmologists’ performance in operating room.

John A. Hovanesian, MD, discusses the highlights of his presentation on a clinical study evaluating dexamethasone vs prednisolone acetate 1% in controlling postop pain/inflammation in sequential cataract surgery patients.

Pandemic is driving — and accelerating — changes in how ophthalmic care is delivered to patients.

Physicians often use lenses due to abnormal corneal topography or high myopia

Goniotomy-viscodilation cataract surgery controls IOP without medications.

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.

Tamer Mahmoud, MD, PhD, discusses autologous retinal transplant (ART) for macular holes, a procedure he developed, which is providing anatomic hole closure in the vast majority of cases as well as increases in visual acuity.

During Day 1 of AAO 2020, Carl Awh, MD, discusses the Micro-Vacuum Pick, a device for peeling internal limiting membranes that's providing vitreoretinal surgeons an alternative to forceps during surgeries.

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

Investigators research safety, efficacy of endolaserless vitrectomy.

Large randomized trial compares efficacy and safety of multiple regimens

Streamlining preoperative process can offer some relief during stressful time

Ophthalmologists remain in touch with colleagues while maintaining social distancing

Cynthia Matossian, MD, FACS, explains why she believes if ophthalmologists consistently evaluate the ocular surface, tear film and lid margins—and treat any problems that we find—surgical outcomes will improve.

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

Robotic-assisted procedures are proving more precise in every way when compared with manual procedures: automated assistance controls tremor, reduces fatigue, and helps avoid inadvertent injury.

Benefits of intracameral phenylephrine/ketorolac continue to add up.

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