Surgical trends may continue after pandemic ends

Even after the pandemic subsides, some trends in clinical and surgical care should continue, according to a speaker.
“It just makes sense” to move in the direction of bilateral immediately sequential cataract surgery, Elizabeth Yeu, MD, said at the virtual Eyecelerator meeting. “It’s a safer option for patients.”
For routine cataract surgeries, there would be fewer visits to the clinic in the postoperative period and to the OR, she said.
“And we already see that there’s a shift toward more cataract surgery that’s being performed in the ASC setting,

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