Patient selection important in advanced IOL cataract surgery

When selecting and counseling patients for advanced IOL cataract surgery, Richard Tipperman, MD, weighs patient temperament and expected results, and works to manage patient expectations throughout the process.
When examining the patient, Tipperman looks for conditions including subtle anterior basement membrane dystrophy or subtle, but clinically significant, dry eye disease by examining Placido mires rings.
“Rings are raw data, check them,” Tipperman said at the virtual American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting. “Everyone always looks right at the color topography,

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