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Arguably, the single most significant complication
faced by today’s phaco surgeon continues to be
rupture of the posterior capsule.1 When the
posterior capsule is breached, vitreous that presents
anterior to the plane of the capsu…

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Cataract surgery is a safe procedure with a long
track record of success, but like every surgery,
it carries some degree of risk. Multiple comorbidities
in a patient may predispose him or her
to complications, as in this case. In addition to p…

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Last year, this column’s “Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking for Keratoconus and Ectasia” focused primarily
on the science behind cross-linking, because there were few articles available involving long-term human
data after treatment. Now,…

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IOL exchange is a useful technique in a variety of circumstances,
and it should be part of all refractive
cataract surgeons’ armamentarium. Our case involves
a 65-year-old man who had undergone uneventful,
sequential, bilateral phacoemulsifi…

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With the Thanksgiving holiday just around
the corner, it is time to express our gratitude
to the many surgeons who have
donated their time to film, edit, and upload
videos to Eyetube.net.
We are fortunate to have access to some of the …

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Merlin Surgical SystemVolk Optical (Mentor, OH) has introduced
the Merlin Surgical System for noncontact
vitreoretinal procedures. The
Merlin mounts beneath the optical pathway
of the surgical microscope, where it
hol…

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