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Following cataract surgery, patients may experience blurry vision. A posterior capsulotomy with the YAG laser is often employed by physicians as a solution to help patients achieve their desired vision. Three physicians shared their experiences and best practices.
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The purpose of “TOPGUN: Phaco Mavericks,” said David Chang, MD, is to have the world’s top phaco instructors provide their best pearls in cataract surgery. The symposium, which took place at the 2023 ASCRS Annual Meeting, included two teams—ASCRS members and an international team with members from ESCRS, APACRS, and LASCRS.
Immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery (ISBCS) has been gaining steam, both in discussion and in practice, but as the authors of a recent Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery paper point out, it “remains a subject of controversy in ophthalmology.”
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The New York University Langone Health ophthalmology residents review this article from the November 2022 issue of the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery.
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