Browse articles from EyeWorld.org related to IOLs. EyeWorld is the award-winning member publication of ASCRS. The magazine provides news and updates from the Society as well as clinical features in the areas of cataract, refractive, cornea, glaucoma, and practice management. It publishes quarterly with editorial direction from its medical editorial board and staff.
➤ Study: Specific form of AMD linked to high risk of heart disease
➤ Primary endpoints achieved in study of dry eye therapy
➤ First patient enrolled in study for new pharmacologic presbyopia therapy
➤ Company submits IND for advanced AMD treatment candidate
➤ Acquisition of topical dosing technology
➤ Patent granted for oral drug candidate targeting retinal diseases
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➤ ASCRS news and events
Lens dislocation is a spectrum that can range from a small amount to a complete dislocation. This article explored late dislocations that don’t appear to be related to surgical complications.
Refractive Editor Vance Thompson, MD, expresses his enthusiasm about the recent ASCRS Annual Meeting and previews the articles in the section.
Three physicians shared how they’ve taken a holistic approach to IOL offerings in their practice and gave tips for onboarding new technology, why they inform patients about all IOL choices even if they’re not being recommended specifically, and more.
Dead bag syndrome, first described by Samuel Masket, MD, is the subject of a recent paper published in the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery (JCRS). The study’s corresponding author, Liliana Werner, MD, PhD, described the paper as the first formal peer-reviewed study on dead bag syndrome. It examined the clinical and histopathological findings of 10 suspected cases.
➤ Launch of IOL made with new ‘glistening-free’ material
➤ Enrollment complete in study of mydriasis-reversing drop in a pediatric group
➤ Acquisition of electrophysiology medical device company
➤ Licensing of investigational neuroprotective drug
➤ ASCRS news and events
Warren Hill, MD, will give the second Richard L. Lindstrom, MD, Lecture, presenting on the accuracy in IOL power selection and discussing “Are we there yet?” The inaugural Lindstrom Symposium and Lecture was held in 2021, with presentations on cataract, refractive, cornea, and glaucoma surgery, as well as industry collaboration.
Two experts discussed why IOL power misses occur, what the options are for corrective action, and how to avoid such misses in the first place.
A patient comes in for a postop visit unhappy with their vision after they’ve received a presbyopia-correcting IOL—now what? Tal Raviv, MD, created an algorithm, the Raviv “Getting to Happy” Post-IOL Algorithm, to help guide physicians through the process of managing a patient who is unhappy with their presbyopia-correcting IOL.
“If there was ever a top 10 list of issues on which eyecare as a whole could ‘up its game,’ it should include the fact that we all need to be more aggressive about educating patients on the fact that they can create their own self-induced keratoconus by repetitive pressure on their eyes,” according to EyeWorld Refractive Editor Vance Thompson, MD.
