Surgical efficiency is often regarded as a measure of how quickly we surgeons can get inside an eye, remove the cataract, and close the case. We may also consider how quietly we can execute the maneuvers as well. Efficient movements within the surgical field are more likely to affect the safety of an outcome than the total time we are moving around the anterior chamber. In this article, I prese...

APRIL 2010 I CATARACT & REFRACTIVE SURGERY TODAY EUROPE I 31 T he incidence of wound gape or iris prolapse after cataract extraction reportedly ranges from 0% to 1.6% with phacoemulsification and 0% to 3% with extracapsular cataract extraction.1 Contemporary cataract surgery is most commonly performed through sutureless clear corneal incisions with a wound width of 3.2 mm or less. These small w...

Several aspects of cataract surgery in children differ from adults. Ocular anatomy, cataract morphology, exaggerated response to surgical trauma, and the need for amblyopia therapy are major concerns in pediatric cataract surgery. Moreover, intraoperative differences such as location and type of incisions, management of anterior and posterior capsules and need for anterior vitrectomy are other ...

INTRODUCTION The visual outcome of cataract surgery in patients with a previous history of KAMRA inlay implantation is an emerging issue for which limited research exists. The purpose of this study is to describe postoperative visual outcomes in this patient population. METHODS This is a case series with retrospective chart review. Seven patients underwent cataract surgery following KAMRA cor...

Virtual reality (VR) surgery simulation is an emerging teaching tool to train residents in cataract surgery. The widespread adoption of virtual surgery has been limited, however, by high costs and the absence of standardized curricula and evidence demonstrating the impact of VR training on resident surgical outcomes. We outline a resident virtual cataract surgery course--freely accessible onlin...

Cataract surgery is one of the most successful and frequently performed operations worldwide, and yet cataract remains the commonest cause of global blindness.1 This is in part due to the shortage and uneven distribution of trained personnel in some countries. More worryingly, a high rate of cataract blindness also reflects poor visual outcomes after surgery, as has been documented in many RAAB...

If you’re an older adult, it may seem as if just about everyone your age is having cataract surgery. Some degree of vision clouding caused by cataracts occurs in most people as they age, with many experiencing significant vision loss. In fact, cataract surgery is the most common surgical procedure performed on U.S. adults older than 65. The most common type of cataract surgery is an outpatient ...

Abstract Purpose Visual outcomes after cataract surgery in diabetic patients with retinal or visual pathway disease are difficult to predict as the fundus may be obscured, and assessment of potential is challenging. This study assessed value electrophysiology a prognostic indicator recovery cataract, prior surgery. Methods Forty-one (aged 52–80; 74 eyes) 13 age-matched non-diabetic control (21 ...

D ry eye is very common among patients presenting for cataract or laser vision correction surgery. If the dry eye is not treated preoperatively, it can reduce the quality of preoperative data and can have a negative impact on surgical outcomes. Just prior to ASCRS, we surveyed cataract and refractive surgeons about the incidence of dry eye in their surgical patients, their awareness of current ...