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Richard P. Kratz, MD, an early proponent of phacoemulsification and IOL implantation and a former student of Sir Harold Ridley, died recently. He was 95.Kratz, whose mother was a physician, was born in Los Angeles in 1920 and displayed an interest in science and medicine at a young age. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Occidental College in 1942 and obtained his medical degree from the University of Southern California in 1946.

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ISTANBUL — First results of the Tecnis Symfony extended range of vision IOL from Abbott Medical Optics show a high degree of spectacle independence with good vision at all distances and excellent visual quality, according to one speaker.“This lens looks like a multifocal, but it is not. The unique proprietary echelette design creates only one elongated focus,” Ante Barišić, MD, said at the winter meeting of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons.

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ISTANBUL — A novel ocular biometer that combines a Purkinje imaging method and an OCT device has the potential to produce highly accurate and reproducible measurements for IOL power calculation, according to one speaker.“It might be a promising solution for both normal and challenging cases, such as post-LASIK eyes or implantation of toric IOLs,” Michael Mrochen, PhD, said at the winter meeting of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons.

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ISTANBUL – At the ESCRS Winter Meeting, Farhad Hafezi, MD, PhD, gives pearls on how to make the most of crosslinking, as a standalone procedure or in combination with vision enhancing procedures. There is no standardized reaction of corneas to crosslinking, and case by case surgeons should be able to evaluate whether vision enhancing procedures should be performed or not, and if they are better performed simultaneously or consequentially to crosslinking.

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