Binkhorst lecturer focuses on challenges of small pupils during cataract surgery

LOS ANGELES — Cataract surgery in patients with small pupils can be challenging, but several techniques and surgical devices can help make the procedure more successful, according to a speaker here.“A small pupil may be challenging even with the newest state-of-the-art technology, like femto laser-assisted cataract surgery. There are two possible scenarios: The pupil is small from the very beginning, or it starts to constrict during surgery. In both of them, the [Malyugin] ring will help you to complete the procedure and make it uneventful,” Boris E. Malyugin, MD, PhD, said during the Binkhorst Lecture at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting.