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The article offers information on same-day, bilateral cataract surgery, also known as immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery (ISBCS), discussing its advantages such as enhanced patient convenience, reduced healthcare costs, and expedited visual rehabilitation. Topics include the potential benefits of ISBCS for patients, ophthalmologists, and the healthcare system, including quicker binocular vision recovery, increased surgeon efficiency, and decreased postoperative visits.

The article provides insights into the management of patients with damaged or congenitally malformed irises, discussing surgical techniques and lifelike artificial irises as potential solutions for addressing related issues such as photophobia, reduced vision, halo, and glare. Experienced surgeons share their approach to these challenging cases, emphasizing the importance of assessing iris damage, patient age, and the status of the natural lens when deciding on treatment options.

The article focuses on the latest techniques and technologies used in Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) and Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) procedures. DMEK is typically preferred for patients with Fuchs' dystrophy, while DSAEK is reserved for more complex cases. It discusses tips and techniques for performing these procedures, including graft insertion methods and instruments used, as well as potential future advancements in corneal surgery.

The article offers few procedures to help come through any unexpected event during cataract or retina surgery. It mentions importance of patient education and setting realistic expectations during surgery. It also importance of recognizing risk factors before that allows surgeons to modify surgical techniques to reduce the likelihood of this complication.

The article explores how surgeons need to manage inaccurate Intraocular lens calculations, an extended postop recovery time and patient expectations. Topics include lens calculations is the surgical procedure itself and the postoperative healing period are not routine in the eyes; and surgeons have had success with extended depth-of-focus lenses.

The article presents ways on how surgeons treat and manage the dislocation of intraocular lenses.

The article offers information on optical coherence tomographic angiography (OCT-A). OCT-A helps surgeons to visualize retinal microvasculature without the need to inject a fluorescein contrast dye. According to Dimitra Skondra, director of J. Terry Ernest Ocular Imaging Center, OCT-A helps one see blood vessels and blood flow in detail without using a dye.

The article offers information on management of primary epiretinal membrane (ERM) that occurs together with cataracts. Eye specialist Vance Thompson highlights the significance of performing optical coherence tomography on every routine cataract surgery patient. It states that surgeons have to decide whether to perform a combined surgery or perform the cataract surgery first and address the epiretinal membrane at a later time.

The article offers information on the management of zonular weakness during cataract surgery. It states that zonular weakness occurs due to pseudoexfoliation so the U.S. surgeons should determine the dilation of pupil and then compare the anterior chamber depth of the eye to its axial length. It further states that surgeons are using capsular tension rings and capsule hooks for managing zonular weakness.

The article focuses on LASIK flaps created by femtosecond lasers and the advantages it offers in refractive surgery. It mentions that specifics of various cuts of femtosecond flaps are still being studied such as the side cut angle, flap size, and the thickness of the flap. Uday Devgan, surgeon in Los Angeles, California says that postop cataract patient can use LASIK for vision enhancement. Steven Schallhorn, a surgeon adds that surgeons are trying to determine the perfect flap thickness.

The article offers information on the latest generation of multifocal and accommodating intraocular lenses which are easier to implant and offer better visual results than previous generations. It presents the views of several surgeons on the performance of the newer generation products. It also mentions the names of several products such as Alcon Acrysof's ReSTOR +4.0, Abbott Medical Optic's Tecnis multifocal lens, and Bausch & Lomb Inc.'s Crystalens.

The article discusses refractive surgery on children with eye refractive errors. It notes that laser refractive surgery are only being done to people age 18 years and older but there are also instances that such surgery might be suitable to children especially those who suffer with refractive errors and those who cannot wear contact lenses and glasses. It also states that surgeons who operate refractive surgeries prefer laser ablation than LASIK because they do not want to cut the cornea.

The article focuses on the medical aid of a relief team from the University of Miami Medical School's Bascom Palmer Eye Institute to the earthquake victims in Haiti on January 16, 2010. The team includes eye surgeons Richard Lee, Tom Shane, Tom Johnson, Manny Paz, and Ashlee Vainisi. It has screened over 140 patients at the University of Miami Haiti field hospital makeshift eye clinic. It set up an outpatient clinic and distribute eyedrops and eyeglasses to the patients.

The article focuses on the factors that dissatisfy patients with eye disorders after a lasik surgery. The author stated that most refractive surgeons get dismayed when patients are still disgruntled even after acquiring 20/20 eyesight. Causes why patients feel such way include dry eye, low-contrast visual acuity or residual refractive error.

Explores the psychology of surgical patients. Difference between the expectations of patients undergoing oncologic procedures and patients undergoing a cosmetic procedure; Steps that should be taken by surgeons to improve the psychological status of patients who will undergo surgical operations.