A 37-year-old white woman 2 weeks postpartum from an uncomplicated pregnancy and normal spontaneous vaginal delivery presented to the Tufts Medical Center emergency room.She had a 1-week history of intermittent vertical binocular diplopia in downgaze, …
Will robotic cataract surgery ever match the skill of a human surgeon?
Click here to read the cover story, “Robotic future may offer precision, efficiency for cataract surgery.”Robotic cataract surgery will match and then exceed the skills of a human surgeon, at least for routine cases.The human eyes perceive 25 to 30 fra…
The Era of ‘And’: Combination therapy arrives
What a wild ride these last 10 years or so have been.In my mind, there have been three distinct eras of dry eye disease (DED) care over the millennia. These three time periods have neither established names nor officially defined boundaries like the my…
Robotics on the horizon for cataract, IOL surgery
The long definition of a robot from the internet:“Robotics combines science, engineering and technology to design, construct, operate and use machines programmed to replicate, substitute or assist humans in completing tasks of varying complexity.”There…
Robotic future may offer precision, efficiency for cataract surgery
As the eye care world approaches a possible shortage of ophthalmologists, the steady hand of robotic surgical tools could be a welcome addition for patients undergoing cataract surgery.Although the days of robotic surgeons or even robotic-assisted surg…
Ocular surface squamous neoplasia: Is surgical excision necessary?
Welcome to another edition of CEDARS/ASPENS Debates. CEDARS/ASPENS is a society of cornea, cataract and refractive surgery specialists, here to discuss some of the latest hot topics in ophthalmology.Our monthly column focuses on ocular surface squamous…