ESCRS Binkhorst Medal Lecture focuses on challenges of small-pupil cataract surgery

Boris Malyugin
LISBON, Portugal — A small pupil, often an indicator of various systemic and/or local comorbidities, is a big problem in cataract surgery, associated with an increased complication rate.
“Every millimeter of pupil constriction increases our complication rate by 10%,” Boris Malyugin, MD, PhD, said during the Binkhorst Medal Lecture at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting.
The Malyugin ring (MicroSurgical Technology) was a breakthrough innovation for the management of small pupils. Malyugin first implanted it with the PMMA posterior

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