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Iris-sutured IOL Explantation

Drs. Riley Sanders, Abdel Elhusseiny, and Ahmed Sallam demonstrate a simple technique for iris-sutured IOL explantation in the case of displacement.

Pearls for Anterior Chamber IOL Insertion

Drs. Ahmed Sallam and Mahmut Dogramaci highlight important key points for placing an anterior chamber IOL.

Removal of Soemmering's Ring

Dr. Kentaro Ishihara demonstrates how to use an indwelling needle to remove Soemmering's ring.

Intraocular Lens Scaffolding

Drs. Abdelrahman Elhusseiny, Riley Sanders, and Ahmed Sallam demonstrate a technique of using an IOL as a scaffold for nucleus removal.
Cataract/Anterior Segment News

May 26, 2022 Cataract surgery is linked to a lower risk of dementia development This study focused on both the associations between dementia and cataract surgery and the associations between dementia and glaucoma surgery. Editors' Choice

Blunt Trauma with Lensectomy, Iridodialysis Repair, and ILM Peeling Clinical Video

Week in review: Telemedicine cost savings, variation in cataract outcomes, therapy for night vision disturbances Clinical News

Iridodialysis Repair to Rehabilitate an Eventful Phacosurgery Clinical Video
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May 06, 2022 Rates of post-surgical endophthalmitis have decreased and may go even lower This study was conducted to determine the incidence of endophthalmitis in the United States and the risk factors in developing endophthalmitis after cataract surgery. Ophthalmology, March 2022

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Cataract surgery is linked to a lower risk of dementia development JAMA Internal Medicine, April 2022

Immediate sequential and delayed bilateral cataract surgery may yield similar outcomes Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, March 2022
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Blunt Trauma with Lensectomy, Iridodialysis Repair, and ILM Peeling

Iridodialysis Repair to Rehabilitate an Eventful Phacosurgery

Combined Flanged and Sewing Machine Technique for Iridodialysis Repair

How to Handle a Wrinkly Old Bag

Cataract 101: Introduction

Iris-sutured IOL Explantation

Pearls for Anterior Chamber IOL Insertion

Machineless Phacosection in Hypermature Senile Cataract Under Topical Anesthesia

Fixing a Twisted IOL Haptic

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Editorial Board: Cataract/Anterior Segment

Editor-in-Chief, the ONE Network
Purnima S. Patel, MD

Deputy Editor-in-Chief, the ONE Network
Sunir Garg, MD, FACS

Senior Editor, Cataract/Anterior Segment
Elizabeth Yeu, MD

Committee Members
Ashley Brissette, MD
Cathleen McCabe, MD
J. Morgan Micheletti, MD
Michael Patterson, DO
Leela Raju, MD
Naveen Rao, MD
Zachary Zavodni, MD

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2022-2023 Basic and Clinical Science Course, Section 11: Lens and Cataract

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JUN 09

COS Annual Meeting & Exhibition Vancouver, BC
2022 Annual Meeting of Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS), June 9-12, 2022 in Vancouver, British Columbia
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JUN 15

AAPOS and the Association for Ophthalmology and Strabismus Joint Conference Moscow, Russia
2022 AAPOS and the Association for Ophthalmology and Strabismus Joint Conference, June 15-17, 2022 in Moscow, Russia
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JUL 13

ASRS Annual Meeting New York, NY
The 2022 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS), from July 13-17, 2022, in New York, NY.
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