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SAN FRANCISCO — The ability to overlay graphical data on video images when creating precise limbal relaxing incisions and optimizing capsulorrhexis size and shape is a prime feature of the Callisto eye surgical management system introduced here by Carl Zeiss Meditec.Increased efficiency created by the integration of the documentation, workflow support and surgical assistance functions of the system will improve clinical outcomes, Ludwin Monz, PhD, president and CEO of Carl Zeiss Meditec, said at a media briefing at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Simbrinza suspension, a fixed-dose combination therapy without a beta blocker, to reduce IOP in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension, according to a press release from Alcon.The…

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SAN FRANCISCO — Before accepting optical coherence tomography imaging output as ready for interpretation, the quality of the data needs to be assessed by doing a quick and careful scan analysis, a speaker said here.”Critically analyze the quality of data from imaging devices before interpreting the data,” Vikas Chopra, MD, said in a presentation foreshadowing the pitfalls of OCT imaging at Glaucoma Day preceding the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Corneal lesions should be removed before cataract surgery, one speaker said, while another advocated simultaneous corneal management and cataract surgery.During Cornea Day preceding the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting, Richard S. Davidson, MD, and Maria A. Woodward, MD, debated the merits of successive vs. simultaneous corneal management and cataract surgery.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Limbal relaxing incisions and femtosecond laser arcuate incisions are gaining favor as methods to correct residual astigmatism after cataract surgery, a speaker said here.”We are now undergoing a renaissance of LRIs and [astigmatic keratotomies], and these are becoming more and more important in our armamentarium,” Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, said during Cornea Day preceding the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting.

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