As the eye care world approaches a possible shortage of ophthalmologists, the steady hand of robotic surgical tools could be a welcome addition for patients undergoing cataract surgery.Although the days of robotic surgeons or even robotic-assisted surg…
Ocular surface squamous neoplasia: Is surgical excision necessary?
Welcome to another edition of CEDARS/ASPENS Debates. CEDARS/ASPENS is a society of cornea, cataract and refractive surgery specialists, here to discuss some of the latest hot topics in ophthalmology.Our monthly column focuses on ocular surface squamous…
Consider phaco puncture for intumescent white cataracts
Not all white cataracts are the same, and in this category, among the most challenging is the intumescent white cataract.This is a type of cataract in which the lens cortex has opacified and liquefied. As such, it increases the intralenticular pressure…
Viz.ai Wins 2024 Edison Award™ for Innovation for Second Year in a Row
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #ai–Viz.ai, the leader in AI-powered disease detection and intelligent care coordination, today announced that it has been named an Edison Award Winner in the 2024 Edison Awards, for the second year in a row. Viz PE wi…
VIDEO: VisuMax 800 provides comfort, confidence when treating refractive error
BOSTON — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, Shamik Bafna, MD, discusses the VisuMax 800 femtosecond laser for the treatment of myopia with or without astigmatism.Bafna describes the VisuMax 800 with SMILE pro software (Carl Zeiss …
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Researcher Reviews the Current State of Retinoblastoma Research in the New England Journal of Medicine
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Retinoblastoma is a rare pediatric cancer, with approximately 250-300 new cases per year in the United States and 8,000 worldwide. The cancer grows within the retina, a thin layer of cells at the back of the eye, and is us…