Cataract
December 2021

by Rosa Braga-Mele, MD
Cataract Editor

It’s hard to believe this is the last issue of 2021. It seems like this year went by so quickly. We ended 2020 with the hopes that 2021 would be a better year, but we still faced many challenges with respect to coronavirus, vaccine uptake and acceptance, and variant breakouts. On a positive note, we did manage to get back to some normalcy with in-person meetings and the ability to have the camaraderie of our colleagues. We have faced many challenges, but together we helped each other and maintained our learning experiences and our friendships.

In this issue, we learn about some ophthalmic challenges and how best to respond to them as well. In this section, we learn about how best to manage iris prolapse, dysphotopsias, and more. Even if we’ve previously experienced these scenarios personally, I always find it interesting to see if there are new tips or tricks to help avoid the scenario or deal with it more effectively. That is the true beauty of medicine and ophthalmology—we can always keep learning if we keep an open mind. 

I am wishing you all a happy and healthy end to 2021. I hope 2022 brings us together again with new technology, techniques, and innovations. Every day we are blessed to be able to do what we do as ophthalmologists and to learn from each other as colleagues and friends.