VILAMOURA, Portugal — Short eyes are at a higher risk for complications after cataract surgery and require careful management, according to a speaker at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons winter meeting.
Quoting Wolfgang Haigis, the scientist known for his formulae, Ruth Lapid-Gortzak, MD, PhD, said that “the short eye is a very unforgiving eye,” at risk for IOP spikes, malignant and angle-closure glaucoma, corneal decompensation, residual refractive error and cystoid macular edema.
“Monitor IOP on the same day of surgery or on the morning after and